MATTER OF NAT'L BASKETBALL ASS'N v. NEW YORK STATE DIV. OF HUMAN RIGHTS


115 A.D.2d 365 (1985)

In the Matter of National Basketball Association, Petitioner, v. New York State Division of Human Rights, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 5, 1985


Determination of the Commissioner of the State Division of Human Rights, dated February 12, 1985, which, after a hearing, found that petitioner had discriminated against complainant Sokol by refusing to rehire him as an NBA referee on the basis of a disability in violation of Executive Law § 296 (1) (a) (Human Rights Law), directed that he be offered employment as a referee with back pay to May 23, 1983, the date he was rejected, and awarded $5,000 damages for mental...

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