ZAHORIAN v. RUSSELL FITT REAL ESTATE AGENCY


62 N.J. 399 (1973)

301 A.2d 754

SANDRA ZAHORIAN, COMPLAINANT, v. RUSSELL FITT REAL ESTATE AGENCY, RUSSELL A. FITT AND MARION J. FANNING, RESPONDENTS-CROSS-APPELLANTS, AND NEW JERSEY DIVISION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, APPELLANT-CROSS-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Reargued March 6, 1973.

Decided March 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for the appellant-cross-respondent New Jersey Division On Civil Rights (Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General, attorney; Mr. David Ben-Asher, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Mr. Harold J. Brown argued the cause for the respondents-cross-appellants Russell Fitt Real Estate Agency, Russell A. Fitt and Marion J. Fanning (Messrs. Joyce & Brown, attorneys).

Mr. Peter A. Buchsbaum filed a brief for Amici Curiae — American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, NAACP, New Jersey State Conference of NAACP Branches, Urban League of Essex County, National Organization for Women, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth and Northern New Jersey chapters, Women's Equity Action League and The American Jewish Congress.


The opinion of the Court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

The Appellate Division, in an unreported per curiam, affirmed the Division on Civil Rights' finding of discrimination but modified the relief which it had directed. The Division on Civil Rights petitioned and the respondents cross-petitioned for certification. We granted both petitions. 60 N.J. 355 (1972).

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