Loras College v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission

*144McGIVERIN, Justice.

The controlling question here is whether an employer’s retirement plan is subject to the Iowa Civil Rights Act, Chapter 601A, The Code 1973, in particular the age discrimination provisions of section 601A.7 (1)(a), when a sixty-five-year old employee, who chose not to participate in the financial benefit portion of the plan, is terminated pursuant to the plan.1 The Iowa Civil Rights Commission found discrimination. On judicial review, the district court reversed the Commission. We affirm the district court.

Petitioner Loras College, the employer, is a private co-educational…