Legal Opinion
Laverack & Haines, Inc. v. New York State Division of Human Rights
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 15, 1996PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The State Division of Human Rights (SDHR) found former employer Laverack & Haines, Inc., guilty of age discrimination based on its elimination of employee George Burns’ job. The Appellate Division essentially upheld the SDHR age discrimination determination. One Justice dissented and would have granted the petition to annul the agency’s ruling, and this Court granted leave to appeal.
We now reverse and grant the petition because, while the threshold prima facie case of discrimination was satisfied, the petitioners-appellants (the employer) met their burden of…
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