City of Des Moines Police Department v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission

McGIVERIN, Justice.

This appeal concerns the utilization of appropriate statutory procedures for enforcing a final order of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission (Commission). We conclude that complainant Nancy Moore’s attempt to enforce a favorable Commission order by filing an application for a hearing before the Commission, and the Commission’s holding a hearing thereon, did not comply with statutory enforcement procedures. We, therefore, hold that the Commission’s corresponding order awarding specific dollar damages is void for lack of statutory authority in the Commission to entertain…