Sommers v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding the Iowa Civil Rights Act does not make transsexuals a protected class
• stating that when reviewing the ICRC’s interpretation of statutory provisions “we may give deference to, but are not bound by,” the ICRC’s interpretation because “[t]he ultimate interpretation of Iowa statutory law is the province of the supreme court”
• distinguishing between civil liberties protected by the Constitution and civil rights claims which are enforceable by statute
• distinguishing between civil liberties protected by the Constitution and civil rights claims which are enforceable by statute
• stating that when reviewing the ICRC’s interpretation of statutory provisions “we may give deference to, but are not bound by,” the ICRC’s interpretation because “[t]he ultimate interpretation of Iowa statutory law is the province of the supreme court”
• distinguishing between civil liberties protected by the Constitution and civil rights claims which are enforceable by statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).