BD. OF SUP. OF BUCHANAN v. CIV. RIGHTS

No. 96-1803.

584 N.W.2d 252 (1998)

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF BUCHANAN COUNTY, Iowa, Appellant, v. IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION and Alice J. Peyton, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Stefani and Thomas F. Ochs of Gray, Stefani & Mitvalsky, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Teresa Baustian, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

The Board of Supervisors of Buchanan County, as a former employer of Alice J. Peyton, appeal from a district court order upholding the finding of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission that the county had discriminated against Peyton based on gender. Because we conclude that the civil rights commission erred in its application of important legal principles, we reverse the district court's decision. We remand the case to that court with directions to vacate...

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