Fisher Nut Co. v. Lewis Ex Rel. Garcia

SIMONETT, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Director of the City of St. Paul’s Department of Human Rights, on behalf of Leonard Garcia, claiming that the district court erred in setting aside a decision by the St. Paul Human Rights Commission in favor of Garcia. We agree with the district court that the Commission’s finding of racial discrimination lacks evidentiary support, and therefore we affirm the district court’s decision.

Leonard Garcia, of Mexican ancestry, has been employed as a material handler at Fisher Nut Company in St. Paul since 1975. In July 1979 Fisher Nut Company posted notice…