Legal Opinion

New York State Department of Correctional Services v. State Division of Human Rights

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided August 4, 1994PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—White, J.

Proceeding pursuant to Executive Law § 298 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent State Division of Human Rights which found petitioner guilty of an unlawful discriminatory practice based on gender.

Sometime in 1983, respondent Linda L. Kennedy, a Correction Officer at Downstate Correctional Facility in Dutchess County, applied for a Transportation Officer position. Kennedy was told by her superiors that she could not become a Transportation Officer because she was a female and thus could not strip…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Sarkisian Bros. v. State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Consolidated Edison Co. v. New York State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. General Motors Corporation—Delco Products Division v. RosaNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. New York State Office of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities v. New York State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  5. New York State Department of Correctional Services v. McCallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Town of Lumberland v. New York State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. McIntosh v. Irving Trust Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1995
  3. State v. New York State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. Walia v. Vivek Purmasir & Associates, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2000
  5. City of Fulton v. New York State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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