MATTER OF HOLLAND v. EDWARDS


307 N.Y. 38 (1954)

In the Matter of Helena Holland, Doing Business as "Holland Vocational Service", Appellant, v. Edward W. Edwards et al., as Members of the State Commission Against Discrimination, Respondents. In the Matter of State Commission against Discrimination, Respondent, v. Helena Holland, Doing Business as "Holland Vocational Service", Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 23, 1954


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Vogel and George I. Harris for appellant.

Henry Spitz and Milton Rosenberg for respondent.

LEWIS, Ch. J., and DESMOND, J., concur with FULD, J.; FROESSEL, J., concurs for affirmance in a separate memorandum in which CONWAY, DYE and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., concur.


FULD, J.

Representing as it does the first instance of a litigated controversy, after a hearing, under the Law Against Discrimination (Executive Law, art. 15), this appeal is of more than passing significance.

Helena Holland, appellant herein, doing business as the Holland Vocational Service, operates an employment agency for secretaries and clerical workers in New York City. On September 18, 1951, a young woman, Rue...

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