MTR. PACE COLL. v. COMM'N


38 N.Y.2d 28 (1975)

In the Matter of Pace College, Respondent, v. Commission on Human Rights of the City of New York et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian P. Burke, Corporation Counsel (Ellen Kramer Sawyer and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for Commission on Human Rights of the City of New York, appellant.

Judith P. Vladeck for Valentine R. Winsey, appellant.

Whitney North Seymour, Sr., Albert X. Bader, Jr., Martin H. Zuckerman and Harold S. Parsons-Lewis for respondent.

Margaret A. McKenna for the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies, amicus curiae.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


Chief Judge BREITEL.

The New York City Commission of Human Rights appeals from the judicial overturning of its determination that Pace College (now Pace University) was guilty of discrimination against women on its faculty. The proceeding before it had been initiated by one Dr. Winsey, a faculty member, who contended that she had been discriminated against by Pace because she was a woman, resulting in her being...

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