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SOMMERS v. IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COM'N

No. 68164.

337 N.W.2d 470 (1983)

Audra SOMMERS, Appellant, v. IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Amended September 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda S. Pettit and Anthony J. Touschner, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Scott H. Nichols, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McCORMICK, McGIVERIN, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.

SCHULTZ, Justice.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether Iowa Code section 601A.6(1)(a) proscribes employment discrimination based on transsexuality. Petitioner, Audra Sommers, filed two complaints with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission (commission) alleging that she had been discharged because of her transsexual condition. The commission dismissed both complaints for lack of jurisdiction and Sommers appeals from these dismissals. We find no error. Accordingly...

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