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· 1/24/1990

Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc. v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Citations

  • 453 N.W.2d 512
  • 1990 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 17
  • 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 39,875
  • 57 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1459
  • 1990 WL 5298

How courts have described this case

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  • suggesting that where difficulty in determining damages arises from employer’s discriminatory conduct, the fact finder should resolve uncertainties against the employer, relying on just and reasonable inferences
  • stating federal cases on 18 “continuing violation” are instructive and noting a “failure to promote” is viewed as ongoing discrimination
  • issue not raised before district court in judicial review is not preserved for appellate review
  • Iowa court borrowed framework of analysis for disparate treatment claim under Iowa Code Ch. 601A from United States Supreme Court cases applying it to Title VII eases in Hamilton v. First Baptist Elderly Hous. Found., 436 N.W.2d 336 (Iowa 1989), and therefore doing the same

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Judges: Lavorato, McGiverin, Larson, Layorato, Neuman, Andreasen

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