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Kentucky Commission on Human Rights v. Fraser

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1981Published

1Opinion of the Court

625 S.W.2d 852 (1981)

KENTUCKY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS and Donna Cooper, Movants,

v.

Alasdair FRASER d/b/a Bonanza Sirloin Steak Pit, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 15, 1981.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This case concerns the constitutionality of KRS 344.230(3)(h), which authorizes the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights to award compensatory damages for embarrassment and humiliation caused by unlawful discrimination.

The movant, Donna Cooper, was hired as a food service worker in the respondent Fraser's restaurant in January of 1976. Shortly thereafter she learned that she was pregnant.…

Also in this document: Dissent · Stephenson; Dissent · Sternberg.

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Curtis v. LoetherSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Pernell v. Southall RealtySupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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