Hutchinson Human Relations Commission v. Midland Credit Management, Inc.

I must respectfully dissent because in my opinion, the subject of civil rights in employment practices has *322been preempted at the state level by the Kansas Act Against Discrimination (K. S. A. 44-1001, et seq.), thereby precluding cities from entering the field by the enactment of local ordinances under the Home Rule Amendment.

The matters of fair employment practices and civil rights are matters of statewide and not local concern. Chapter 44 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated applies to labor and industries in Kansas and discloses that this state by its legislature has extensively entered the…