Kansas City v. Missouri Commission on Human Rights

MORGAN, Judge.

This contested case comes before the Court upon appeal by appellant (City of Kansas City) seeking review of a final decision of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (Commission) which found appellant in violation of Chapter 296, RSMo 1978. 1 Specifically, the Commission found appellant to be practicing sex discrimination by paying Marialice Estopare and Mary Bresh-ears, complainant-intervenor-respondents herein, at a rate less than males for jobs “shown to be substantially equal in regard to effort, skill and responsibility under similar working conditions....” 2

Initially, it…