JEWS FOR JESUS v. COUNCIL


79 N.Y.2d 227 (1992)

Jews for Jesus, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Inc., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Alan Sekulow and James H. Henderson, Sr., of the Georgia Bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Eric Alan Daly, for appellants.

Aaron Stiefel and Joel Katcoff for respondents.

Judges SIMONS, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur with Chief Judge WACHTLER; Judge KAYE concurs in result in a separate opinion in which Judge ALEXANDER concurs.


Chief Judge WACHTLER

This appeal requires us to consider the scope of various State antidiscrimination statutes. The question in the case is whether, by circulating a memorandum critical of plaintiffs' religious activities and advocating that plaintiffs be denied access to facilities in which to conduct those activities, defendants violated statutory prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of religion...

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