Publication Date: 2016-01-19
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Court: Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department
Judge: Before: Peters, P.J., McCarthy, Egan Jr., Devine and Clark, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioners: J. Caleb Dalton of Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, Arizona, admitted pro hac Vice, Cutler, Trainer & Cutler, LLP, Malta.
for defendant: For Melisa McCarthy and another, respondents: 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 New York State Division of Human Rights, respondent: Michael K. Swirsky of counsel, Caroline J. Downey, New York State Division of Human Rights, New York City. For St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester Inc., amicus curiae: James L. Gelmormini of counsel, McConville, Considine, Coonan & Morin, PC, Rochester For State of New York, amicus curiae: Frederick A. Brodie of counsel, Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany. For NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., amicus curiae: Caren E. Short, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC. For Americans United for Separation of Church and State, amicus curiae: Zachary A. Dietert, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC. For Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., amicus curiae: Jennifer C. Pizer, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, California. For The Main Street Alliance and another, amici curiae: Hannah Y.S. Chanoine of Counsel, Mayer Brown, LLP, New York City. Amicus Curiae: Alan Sussman, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Bearsville, for National Center for Lesbian Rights. For Anti-Defamation League and others, amici curiae: Nicole E. Schiavo of Counsel, Hogan Lovells US, LLP, New York City.
Case Number: 520410
Cite as: Gifford v. McCarthy, 520410, NYLJ 1202747185791, at *1 (App. Div., 3rd, Decided January 14, 2016) CASE NAME In the Matter of Cynthia Gifford et al., P