# Human Rights Commission v. Cheney School District No. 30

> Washington Supreme Court · February 25, 1982 · 97 Wash. 2d 118

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9567413

## Case

- **Full name:** The Human Rights Commission, Appellant, v. Cheney School District No. 30, Respondent
- **Court:** Washington Supreme Court
- **Decided:** February 25, 1982
- **Citations:** 97 Wash. 2d 118; 641 P.2d 163; 51 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 928; 1982 Wash. LEXIS 1264
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Rosellini
- **Judges:** Dore, Rosellini
- **Cited by:** 99 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Rosellini, J.
(concurring) — I do not find in the legislative history described in the majority opinion any indication of the Legislature's intent with respect to the award of damages. Furthermore, I disagree with an approach to statutory interpretation which looks first to legislative history, and only later to the language of the statute, where the intent of the law ought to be revealed. I do agree, however, that the language itself shows no intent to give the administrative agency the power of determining and awarding damages, except as specifically provided in the statutes. There is no authority conferred in RCW 49.60.250 to award *131 damages for humiliation and mental suffering.
Brachtenbach, C.J., and Utter, J., concur with Rosel-LINI, J.
Reconsideration denied May 20, 1982.

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