Hansen v. Bozeman Police Dep’t
Annotate this CasePlaintiff was a veteran suffered from service-connected physical conditions, including a seizure disorder, and he had a service dog that alerted him to oncoming seizures. When staff at the C’Mon Inn, a hotel in Bozeman, Montana, staff refused to allow Plaintiff to register because he was accompanied by his service dog, Plaintiff called 911 and complained that the hotel was discriminating against him by refusing him entry, three Bozeman Police Department officers responded. The officers told Plaintiff he would have to leave but informed Plaintiff that he could file a complaint if he wished. Plaintiff filed this action against the Bozeman Police Department contending that the responding officers violated the Human Rights Act when they “aided, abetted and facilitated” the hotel’s discrimination against him. The district court granted summary judgment to the Bozeman Police Department. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that there was no evidence that the officers aided or abetted C’Mon Inn’s conduct.
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