In the Matter of CYNTHIA GIFFORD et al., Petitioners,
v.
MELISA MCCARTHY et al., Respondents. (And Another Related Proceeding.)
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Decided January 14, 2016.
Decided January 14, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Cutler, Trainer & Cutler, LLP, Malta, and Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, Arizona ( J. Caleb Dalton , of counsel, admitted pro hac vice), for petitioners.
Mariko Hirose , New York State Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, and Rose A. Saxe , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, for Melisa McCarthy and another, respondents.
Caroline J. Downey , New York State Division of Human Rights, New York City ( Michael K. Swirsky of counsel), for New York State Division of Human Rights, respondent.
McConville, Considine, Coonan & Morin, PC, Rochester ( James L. Gelmormini of counsel), for St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester Inc., amicus curiae.
Caren E. Short , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., amicus curiae.
Zachary A. Dietert , Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, amicus curiae.
Jennifer C. Pizer , Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, California, for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., amicus curiae.
Mayer Brown, LLP, New York City ( Hannah Y.S. Chanoine of counsel), for The Main Street Alliance and another, amici curiae.
Alan Sussman , National Center for Lesbian Rights, Bearsville, for National Center for Lesbian Rights, amicus curiae.
Hogan Lovells US, LLP, New York City ( Nicole E. Schiavo of counsel), for Anti-Defamation League and others, amici curiae.
McCARTHY, EGAN JR., DEVINE and CLARK, JJ., concur.
OPINION OF THE COURT
PETERS, P.J.
Proceedings pursuant to Executive Law § 298 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Rensselaer County) to, among other things, review a determination of respondent State Division of Human Rights finding petitioners guilty of an unlawful discriminatory practice based upon...
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