BLAIR v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF BOR. OF FREEHOLD


117 N.J. Super. 415 (1971)

285 A.2d 46

JAMES H. BLAIR, DIRECTOR, DIVISION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, COMPLAINANT-RESPONDENT, v. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BOROUGH OF FREEHOLD; THE FREEHOLD FIRE DEPARTMENT OF FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, CURTIS YATES, AND WALTER KOZLOSKI, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jerry Sokol argued the cause for appellants Mayor and Council of the Borough of Freehold.

Mr. William R. Blair Jr. argued the cause for appellant Freehold Fire Department (Messrs. Parsons, Canzona, Blair & Warren, attorneys).

Mr. Douglas J. Harper, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Before Judges CONFORD, MATTHEWS and FRITZ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the Director of the Division on Civil Rights which determined that the membership and admission procedures for entry into the volunteer fire department of the Borough of Freehold, as contained in a certain ordinance of the borough, violated the provisions of the Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq. The order of the director has been appealed...

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