Legal Opinion
State Division of Human Rights v. County of Onondaga Sheriff's Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 27, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Determination unanimously modified on the law and as modified confirmed without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: Complainant, a white female, was appointed as a Deputy Sheriff of the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department in 1974. In April 1979, she resigned in lieu of dismissal and in August 1979, filed a complaint with the Division of Human Rights alleging that she was compelled to resign as a result of race and sex discrimination. Following a hearing, the Hearing Officer recommended that the complaint be dismissed, but the Commissioner rejected this recommendation and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Board of Education v. State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
3Cited by5 opinions
- Alvin Joel TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Johnson v. Alaska State Department of Fish & GameAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
- Brady v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2006
- Suny College of Environmental Science v. State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Laverack & Haines, Inc. v. New York State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995