Consolidated Freightways, Inc. v. Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission

McCORMICK, Justice.

This civil rights case is based on a claim of employment discrimination in violation of an ordinance of the City of Cedar Rapids. Respondent Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission held that petitioner Consolidated Freightways, Inc. violated the ordinance when it discharged its employee, intervenor Willard Wright, upon his return from thirty days of treatment for alcoholism. The district court reversed the commission in a judicial review proceeding, and the commission and Wright appealed. We reverse the district court and remand the case to the commission for a determination…