Batavia Lodge No. 196 v. New York State Division of Human Rights

The unlawful discrimination committed in this case was blatant and intolerable. After being invited on the premises of the Moose Lodge for a fashion show, the black complainants were refused service at the private bar. White nonmembers who also attended the fashion show were freely served at the same bar. In addition several black complainants were verbally abused. It is evident that such conduct perpetrated in a place used as a public accommodation cannot be tolerated.

The Commissioner of the Human Rights Division found there was enough corroborative evidence produced to warrant awarding each…