Charge of Sedlacek v. South Dakota Teener Baseball Program

MORGAN, Justice.

This decision is the final phase of an administrative appeal from a decision of the Human Rights Commission (Commission) dismissing a complaint filed by Laura Sedlacek (Sedlacek) against the South Dakota Teener Baseball Program (Teener),1 charging Teener with sexual discrimination in public accommodations in the conduct of the annual Teener Baseball tournament, wherein girls are ineligible to participate. Commission dismissed the complaint on the grounds that SDCL 20-13-22.1(2) exempted Teener from the provisions of the Human Rights Act, SDCL ch. 20-13. On appeal, the circuit…