Legal Opinion
National Basketball Ass'n v. New York State Division of Human Rights
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 5, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Determination of the Commissioner of the State Division of Human Rights, dated February 12, 1985, which, after a hearing, found that petitioner had discriminated against complainant Sokol by refusing to rehire him as an NBA referee on the basis of a disability in violation of Executive Law § 296 (1) (a) (Human Rights Law), directed that he be offered employment as a referee with back pay to May 23, 1983, the date he was rejected, and awarded $5,000 damages for mental anguish and humiliation, unanimously annulled, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition granted and the…
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