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PIPPEN v. STATE

No. 12-0913.

854 N.W.2d 1 (2014)

Linda PIPPEN, et al., On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. The STATE of Iowa, et al., and All Other Agencies Similarly Situated in Using The Hiring and Promotion of Administrative Services, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Newkirk and Leonard E. Bates of Newkirk Law Firm, P.L.C., Des Moines; J. Bryan Wood of Law Office of J. Bryan Wood, Chicago, Illinois; and David H. Goldman and Michael J. Carroll of Babich Goldman, P.C., Des Moines, for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson , Deputy Attorney General, and Julia S. Kim and Tyler M. Smith , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellees.

Jill R. Gaulding and Lisa C. Stratton , St. Paul, Minnesota, and Mark D. Sherinian of Sherinian & Hasso Law Firm, West Des Moines, for amicus curiae Gender Justice.

Kim M. Keenan , Baltimore, Maryland, for amicus curiae National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Russell E. Lovell II , Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa/Nebraska State Conference NAACP.

Joshua P. Thompson , Sacramento, California, and Aaron T. Oliver and Jay D. Grimes of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we consider an appeal from a district court judgment after a lengthy trial adverse to the plaintiffs in a class action brought under both the Federal Civil Rights Act and the Iowa Civil Rights Act against the State of Iowa and various executive branch departments. The plaintiffs generally allege that the State of Iowa unlawfully discriminates against African Americans in employment. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the decision...

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