Terry v. MERCER CTY. BD. OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDER

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

This is a civil rights case that calls for an examination of the nature and scope of the statutory remedial powers of the Director of the Division on Civil Rights under the Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq. The appeal focuses upon the power of the Director to award remedial relief in the form of promotion and retroactive seniority on behalf of three public employees in order to rectify employment discrimination practiced upon them on account of their sex, contrary to N.J.S.A. 10:5-12(a).

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Plaintiffs, Geneva Terry, Edith…