Legal Opinion
New York Roadrunners Club v. State Division of Human Rights
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 18, 1982PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.
The record reveals no proof to support the Human Rights Division’s finding that the respondents, New York Roadrunners Club and its president, Fred Lebow, discriminated against the disabled in violation of section 296 (subd 2, par [a]) of the Executive Law (Human Rights Law) when, in organizing and promoting the 1978 New York City Marathon, it required participants to use only their feet, and not wheelchairs, skateboards, bicycles or other extraneous aids. Indeed, as the Appellate Division pointed out, so…
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