Legal Opinion
Potter v. LaSalle Sports & Health Club
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided August 29, 1985No. C7-84-2000PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUSPENI, Judge.
This is an appeal by a Writ of Certiorari to this court from an order of the Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission pursuant to the Minneapolis Civil Rights Ordinance which found that the relator, LaSalle Court Sports & Health Club (LaSalle), had discriminated against respondent Donald Potter on the basis of his affectional preference, ordered relator to pay Potter $1,000 in punitive damages, pay Potter’s counsel $1,000 in attorney’s fees, and cease the acts found discriminatory. We affirm.
FACTS
A significant portion of the membership of LaSalle are homosexual males. Potter…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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