PORCELLI v. TITUS

Civ. A. No. 864-68.

302 F.Supp. 726 (1969)

Victor PORCELLI, Francis Bigley, Arthur Shapiro, Allan M. Cohn, Helen R. Justin, Maxine F. Edelstein, Robert J. Hickey, William J. Dunne, Jr., William C. LaRusso, and Joseph Chagnon, Plaintiffs, v. Franklyn TITUS, Superintendent of Schools of the City of Newark, and the Board of Education of Newark, in the County of Essex, Defendants, and Bertram Coppock, Theresa David, and Charles Haynes, Intervenors.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

August 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bracken & Walsh, by Joseph Walsh, Newark, N. J., for plaintiffs.

Victor A. DeFilippo, Newark, N. J., for defendants.

Harris David, Newark, N. J., for intervenors.


OPINION

AUGELLI, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs, ten white teachers employed by the Newark Board of Education, bring this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, alleging that the defendants, in appointing elementary school principals and vice-principals, discriminated against them because of their race. This Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343.

Preliminarily, plaintiffs moved for a partial summary judgment on the issue...

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