American Airlines, Inc. v. State Commission for Human Rights

This submission of controversy pursuant to CPLE 3222 involves the validity of conditions concerning the employment of respondent Eloise N. Soots requiring her prior to her 32nd birthday to elect between employment other than as stewardess or termination of her employment within and not later than 12 months after said birthday month, in the light of section 296 of the Executive Law.

Eespondent Soots was employed by petitioner on February 27,1956, as an airline stewardess. At that time she executed at American’s request an agreement that her stewardess employment would terminate at age 32, that…