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Potter v. LaSalle Court Sports & Health Club

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided April 11, 1986No. C7-84-2000PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMONETT, Justice.

We affirm, as did the court of appeals, a decision of the Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission awarding complainant punitive damages and attorney fees against a health club for discrimination on the basis of af-fectional preference, in violation of a city ordinance.

Complainant-respondent Donald E. Potter was a member of the appellant LaSalle Court Sports & Health Club. One day in April 1983, Potter, while weight lifting at the club, put down the dumbbells he had been using to talk to a fellow club member about treatment for Potter’s strained elbow. The two men talked for 2 to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Carlson v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Curtis v. LoetherSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Hubbard v. United Press International, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
  4. Pearl Spence, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Jerome W. Spence, Deceased v. Henry D. StarasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  5. Irving Stolberg v. Members of the Board of Trustees for the State Colleges of the State of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Krueger v. Zeman Construction Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
  2. Krueger v. Zeman Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2008
  3. City of Ramsey v. HolmbergCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1996
  4. Lewis v. DollCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1989
  5. Bucko v. First Minnesota Savings Bank, F.S.B.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1990

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