STATE BY COOPER v. HENNEPIN COUNTY

No. C9-87-2434.

441 N.W.2d 106 (1989)

STATE of Minnesota, by Stephen W. COOPER, Commissioner, Department of Human Rights, Appellant, v. HENNEPIN COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Audrey A. Zibelman, Sp. Asst. Atty. Genl., St. Paul, for appellant.

Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin County Atty., Janeen F. Rosas, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

David Moss, Minneapolis, amicus curiae for Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota, et al.

Richard L. Varco, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, amicus curiae, for MN State Council on Disability.

Charles T. Mottl, St. Paul, amicus curiae for MN State Svs. for Blind & Visually Impaired.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


POPOVICH, Chief Justice.

Appellant Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Rights ("Department"), alleged discrimination on the basis of disability by respondent Hennepin County against Allan Tervo, an applicant for the position of detention deputy. The claim arose out of a discrimination charge filed by Tervo with the Department. The Commissioner found probable cause existed and filed a complaint under Minn.Stat. § 363.06, subd. 4(3) (Supp.1983). On...

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