PETRO v. PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC

No. 18-2201.

945 N.W.2d 763 (2020)

Darren PETRO, Appellant, v. PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Duff and Jim T. Duff of Duff Law Firm, P.L.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Mikkie R. Schiltz and Alexander C. Barnett of Lane & Waterman, LLP, Davenport, for appellee.

Latrice L. Lacey , Davenport, for amicus curiae Iowa League of Civil and Human Rights Agencies.


This case presents an important question about the extent to which municipalities can confer state-court jurisdiction over individual lawsuits. In particular, does state law authorize municipalities to give state courts jurisdiction over private claims under municipal civil rights ordinances?

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