Legal Opinion
Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. New York State Human Rights Appeal Board
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 27, 1984PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke.
Section 297 (subd 3, par c) of the Executive Law, provides that the State Division of Human Rights (Division) may dismiss a complaint for administrative convenience in its “unreviewable discretion.” This statute, however, does not serve to entirely divest respondent State Human Rights Appeal Board (Appeal Board) of jurisdiction to review such a decision. Rather, the Appeal Board is empowered to review the dismissal to determine whether it contravenes any statute, constitutional right or the Division’s own regulations and is, therefore “purely arbitrary.”…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Johnson v. RobisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Baer v. NyquistNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Emil v. DeweyNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- State Office of Drug Abuse Services v. State Human Rights Appeal BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Marine Midland Bank, N. A. v. New York State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
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