1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 468 F.2d
  5. 468 F.2d 287 (1972)
 

BEAL v. LINDSAY

No. 2, Docket 72-1194.

468 F.2d 287 (1972)

Gertrude BEAL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John V. LINDSAY, individually and as Mayor of The City of New York, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G. Schwarz, Acting Atty.in-Charge, New York City (Morrisania Legal Services, and Cornelia McDougald, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Nina Goldstein, New York City (J. Lee Rankin, Corp. Counsel, and Stanley Buchsbaum, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before FRIENDLY, Chief Judge and LUMBARD and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.

FRIENDLY, Chief Judge:

This is the first case requiring us to apply the path-breaking decision in Hawkins v. Town of Shaw, Mississippi, 437 F.2d 1286 (5 Cir. 1971), adhered to by a divided court en banc, 461 F.2d 1171 (5 Cir. 1972). While we accept the principle that serious and continued discrimination in the level of effort expended on municipal services...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases