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East Meadow Union Free School District v. New York State Division of Human Rights

N.Y. App. Div.September 29, 2009Cited 12 times

Case Details

Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Discrimination

Outcome

The court annulled the Division of Human Rights' discrimination determination, finding that school districts are not subject to the statutory provision prohibiting discrimination based on service dog use because they are public corporations, not 'education corporations or associations' as defined in the statute.

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