SNEAD v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 72 Civ. 4536.

355 F.Supp. 764 (1973)

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.

March 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington, Grant, Howard, Hagood & Holland, New York City (George Donald Covington, New York City, of counsel); Thomas Hoffman, New York City, 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, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen. (Lillian Z. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for State defendants.

Norman Redlich, Corp. Counsel, New York City (Leonard Bernikow, Kew Gardens, A. Michael Weber, New York City, of counsel), for City defendants.

Before MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge, and WEINFELD and BRYAN, District Judges.


OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This three-judge court was convened to consider plaintiff's challenge to the constitutionality of section 72 of the New York Civil Service Law,1 which governs leaves of absence for mentally unfit civil service employees. Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment of unconstitutionality, an injunction prohibiting defendants from taking any action...

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