Legal Opinion
United States Power Squadrons v. State Human Rights Appeal Board
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1983PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Petitioners appeal from orders confirming determinations that they have unlawfully discriminated against complainants.
It all started in 1973 when complainants Bertha Adler, Charlotte Arutt and Leslie Mayer, all interested in boating, sought to join petitioner United States Power Squadrons and one of its local squadrons, petitioners Hempstead Bay Power Squadron, Inc. (Arutt), Great Neck Power Squadron, Inc. (Adler), and Westchester Squadron, Inc. *407(Mayer). Complainants met every criteria for membership, save one; they were females and membership was open to males…
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