HUMAN RIGHTS v. GENESEE HOSP


50 N.Y.2d 113 (1980)

State Division of Human Rights on the Complaint of Martha F. Valdemarsen, Respondent, v. Genesee Hospital, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Chapman and James A. Spitz, Jr., for appellant.

Emmelyn Logan-Baldwin for respondent.

Ann Thacher Anderson, Harry Starr and Joan Ruby Lampert for State Division of Human Rights, amicus curiae.

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


Chief Judge COOKE.

We weigh the power of the State Commissioner of Human Rights to reopen a proceeding and alter a decision of a regional director — an employee designated by the commissioner to administer a regional office of the Division of Human Rights (9 NYCRR 465.1). Basic to the issue is whether a regulation of said division (9 NYCRR 465.18, formerly 9 NYCRR 465.13), which grants such authority,...

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