HEUMANN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 70 Civ. 2166.

320 F.Supp. 623 (1970)

Judy HEUMANN, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, The Board of Examiners of The Board of Education of The City of New York, Dr. Jay Greene, Gertrude Unser, Paul Denn, Murray Rockowitz, all individually, and as members of the Board of Examiners of The Board of Education of The City of New York, Dr. Irving Anker, individually, and as Superintendent of Schools of the City of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

December 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Lucas, Elias M. Schwarzbart, New York City, for plaintiff.

J. Lee Rankin, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants; Victor P. Muskin, Hewlett, N. Y., of counsel.


MANSFIELD, District Judge.

Plaintiff is a physically handicapped person who in February 1970 was denied a license to teach in the New York City schools by the Board of Examiners ("the Board") of the New York City Board of Education on the ground that, being confined to a wheelchair as a result of poliomyelitis, she was physically and medically unsuited for teaching. On April 3, 1970, she notified the Board that she wished to appeal its decision, and the administrative...

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