WEST HARTFORD v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & OPPORTUNITIES


176 Conn. 291 (1978)

TOWN OF WEST HARTFORD v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Lynch, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Carl R. Ajello, attorney general, and Bernard F. McGovern, assistant attorney general, for the appellant (defendant).

William L. Wilkinson, assistant corporation counsel, with whom was Steven R. Humphrey, corporation counsel, for the appellee (plaintiff).

COTTER, C. J., BOGDANSKI, LONGO, SPEZIALE and PETERS, JS.


PETERS, J.

The defendant commission on human rights and opportunities has appealed from a judgment of the trial court reversing the decision of a hearing tribunal appointed by the commission under § 31-127 of the General Statutes. The tribunal had held that the plaintiff town of West Hartford had unlawfully discriminated on the basis of sex in respect to the wages and benefits of certain women hired as communications center operators by the town in 1971 and thereafter...

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