GUARDIANS ASS'N OF N.Y. v. CIVIL SERV. COM'N

No. 241, Docket 73-2083.

490 F.2d 400 (1973)

The GUARDIANS ASSOCIATION OF the NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, INC., The Hispanic Society of the New York City Police Department, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF the CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Patrolmen's Benevolent Association et al., Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Crowley, New York City (Jack, Greenberg, Elizabeth B. Du Bois, and Kenneth Kimerling, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paula J. Omansky, New York City (Norman Redlich, Corp. Counsel, City of New York, and Frances E. Loren, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City (Stuart Linnick, New York City, of counsel), and Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City (Seymour Goldstein, New York City, of counsel), for intervenors-defendants-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, FRIENDLY and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

Like Vulcan Society v. Civil Service Comm'n, this day decided, this action was brought in the District Court for the Southern District of New York under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional implementation, 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3). Plaintiffs here are two organizations representing black and Hispanic members of the New York City Police Department, several minority policemen who have unsuccessfully sought promotion...

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