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IOWA ASS'N OF BUSINESS v. CITY OF WATERLOO

No. 20-0575.

961 N.W.2d 465 (2021)

IOWA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, Appellant, v. CITY OF WATERLOO, the Waterloo Commission on Human Rights, and Martin M. Peterson, in His Official Capacity, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 18, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan G. Koopmans (argued) of Belin McCormick, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Timothy C. Boller (argued) of Weilein & Boller, P.C., Cedar Falls, for appellees.

David S. Walker , Windsor Heights, and Russell E. Lovell II , Des Moines, for amicus curiae NAACP.

Shefali Aurora and Rita Bettis Austen , Des Moines, for amicus curiae ACLU of Iowa; Leonard Bates of Newkirk Zwagerman, Des Moines, and Melissa C. Hasso of Sherinian & Hasso Law Firm, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association; and Elizabeth L. Avery , Berkeley, California, for amicus curiae National Employment Law Project.

Mansfield, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Appel, Waterman, and Oxley, JJ., joined. McDonald, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. McDermott, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Suppose a park had a sign posted at the entrance: "No motorized vehicles allowed, including cars, motorcycles, scooters, and other motorized vehicles." Would we conclude that this sign prohibited a child from pushing her old-fashioned, nonmotorized scooter around the park? We think not.

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