SNEAD v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF CITY OF N. Y.

No. 72 Civ. 4536.

351 F.Supp. 1360 (1972)

Marie SNEAD, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF the CITY OF NEW YORK, a governmental agency, et al., Defendants.

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

November 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington, Grant, Howard, Hagood & Holland, New York City (George Donald Covington, New York City, of counsel), Thomas Hoffman, Nathaniel R. Jones, James I. Meyerson, N.A.A.C.P., New York City, for plaintiff.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of New York, New York City, for State defendants; Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Lillian Z. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Norman Redlich, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for City defendants; Leonard Bernikow, Michael A. Weber, New York City, of counsel.


EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiff commenced this action for a judgment declaring section 72 of the New York Civil Service Law,1 which governs leaves of absence for mental disability of civil service employees, unconstitutional as violative of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment and for a permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from taking any action thereunder. Jurisdiction is grounded...

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