The NY State Supreme Court ordered the Silver Dragon restaurant in March 2004 to pay a $5,000 penalty in a discrimination case based upon race after the Brooklyn restaurant appealed the Commission's Final Decision and Order. CCHR’s testers found during their investigation that the restaurant was refusing to prepare take-out orders for African-Americans until they paid for the food. White customers, who placed the same order were permitted to pay for the food when they received it. The $10,000 fine that CCHR initially recommended was reduced on appeal.