Stamford v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, Office of Public Hearings

Summary

The court held that a human rights referee's order permitting amendment of an employment discrimination complaint was neither a final decision nor an appealable interlocutory order. Although the governing statutes authorize interlocutory appeals from qualifying agency rulings, postponement would not have caused an inadequate remedy because the employer's asserted right not to litigate an allegedly unauthorized claim was not an immunity from suit. The court therefore reversed the denial of the motions to dismiss and directed dismissal of the administrative appeal.