STATE EX REL. TIVOL PLAZA v. MCHR

Nos. SC 95758, SC 95759.

527 S.W.3d 837 (2017)

STATE of Missouri EX REL. TIVOL PLAZA, INC., Appellant, v. MISSOURI COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, et al., Respondents. and State of Missouri ex rel. Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Missouri Commission on Human Rights, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued August 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

In SC95758, Tivol was represented by Michael L. Blumenthal , Paul D. Seyferth , Nickalaus Seacord and Camille L. Roe of Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris PC in Kansas City, (816) 756-0700.

The commission was represented by D. Ryan Taylor and Vanessa Howard Ellis of the attorney general's office in Kansas City, (573) 751-3321.

The former employee was represented by Phillip M. Murphy II of The Law Office of Philip M. Murphy II in Kansas City, (913) 661-2900.

The Kansas City Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, which filed a brief as a friend of the Court, was represented by Paul A. Bullman , an attorney in Kansas City, (816) 286-2860, and John J. Ziegelmeyer III , also an attorney in Kansas City, (816) 474-4600.

In SC95759, Caesars was represented by Sarah J. Preuss of Littler Mendelson PC in Kansas City, (816) 627-4400.

The commission was represented by by D. Ryan Taylor and Vanessa Howard Ellis of the attorney general's office in Kansas City, (573) 751-3321.


Tivol Plaza, Inc. appeals the dismissal of its writ of mandamus petition against the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR). The circuit court rejected Tivol's argument that the MCHR was required to first determine whether Tivol's employee's complaint of discrimination was filed timely with the MCHR before the MCHR...

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