Kuhnle v. DIV OF HUMAN RIGHTS

40 N.Y.2d 720 (1976)

Alfred O. Kuhnle, Appellant,

v.

New York State Division of Human Rights et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued October 22, 1976.

Decided November 30, 1976.

William D. Friedman, Hempstead, for appellant.

W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), New York City, for respondents.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER and COOKE concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge JONES concurs in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge BREITEL also concurs.

FUCHSBERG, J.

We are required to decide on this appeal whether the…