Legal Opinion
ARIZONA CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, ETC. v. Olson
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 28, 1982No. 1 CA-CIV 4697PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONTRERAS, Judge.
At issue is whether the trial court erred in dismissing appellant’s employment discrimination complaint for failure of the underlying charge to state a claim. We find that the charge does state a claim under the Arizona Civil Rights Act, A.R.S. §§ 41-1401 et seq., and therefore reverse.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On April 29, 1976, Gertrude Alexander, an employee of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office,.,filed a charge with the Arizona Civil Rights Division (Division) stating, in pertinent part:
I feel that I have been discriminated against because of my sex (female) in the terms…
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