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BOARD OF EDUCATION v. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

153 Conn. 652 (1966)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF WEST HAVEN v. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 17, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Fischer, Jr., with whom, on the brief, were Eugene J. Dorsi, Herbert D. Fischer and James T. Brennan, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Carl D. Eisenman, assistant attorney general, with whom were F. Michael Ahern, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Harold M. Mulvey, attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

Ira B. Grudberg filed a brief as amicus curiae but did not argue the cause.

KING, C. J., MURPHY, ALCORN, SHANNON and HOUSE, JS.

MURPHY, J.

Borden P. Steeves filed a complaint dated December 18, 1963, with the commission on civil rights, charging that the board of education in West Haven had discriminated against him because of his age when it appointed a supervisor of adult education, a position for which he was a candidate. A hearing tribunal of three hearing examiners heard the complaint. In a two to one decision, the tribunal's majority concluded that the board had committed an unfair employment...

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