Legal Opinion
Board of Education v. Commission on Civil Rights
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 17, 1966PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, J.
Borden P. Steeves filed a complaint dated December 18, 1963, with the commission on civil rights, charging that the board of education in West Haven had discriminated against him because of his age when it appointed a supervisor of adult education, a position for which he was a candidate. A hearing tribunal of three hearing examiners heard the complaint. In a two to one decision, the tribunal’s majority concluded that the board had committed an unfair employment practice in violation of General Statutes § 31-126 in that it had discriminated against Steeves because of his age, and the tribunal…
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