POTTER v. LaSALLE COURT SPORTS & HEALTH CLUB

No. C7-84-2000.

384 N.W.2d 873 (1986)

Donald E. POTTER, complainant, Respondent, v. LaSALLE COURT SPORTS & HEALTH CLUB, petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Jamar, Clyde F. Anderson, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Mark Alexis Masica, Joyce C. Yetter, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


SIMONETT, Justice.

We affirm, as did the court of appeals, a decision of the Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission awarding complainant punitive damages and attorney fees against a health club for discrimination on the basis of affectional preference, in violation of a city ordinance.

Complainant-respondent Donald E. Potter was a member of the appellant LaSalle Court Sports & Health Club. One day in April 1983, Potter, while weight lifting at the club, put...

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