Joseph R. Dorsey, Suing on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants v. Stuyvesant…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the Dorsey action and the taxpayer's Polier action, holding that Stuyvesant Town Corporation and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company are private entities not subject to the equal protection clauses of the Federal or State Constitutions, and that the taxpayer lacks standing to challenge their conduct. Justice Fuld dissented, arguing that the extensive state involvement transforms the rental policy into state action subject to constitutional prohibition of racial discrimination.