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CHRISTIAN v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

No. 72-5704.

414 U.S. 614 (1974)

CHRISTIAN ET AL. v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Richard Larson argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Dennis R. Yeager and Robert P. Roberts.

Mark L. Evans argued the cause for appellees. On the brief for the federal appellees were Solicitor General Bork, Acting Assistant Attorney General Jaffe, Keith A. Jones, and Kathryn H. Baldwin. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Brenda Soloff, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for appellees New York State Department of Labor et al.*

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants, discharged federal probationary employees, were denied unemployment compensation by the New York State Department of Labor, an "agent of the United States" under agreement with the Secretary of Labor for the administration of the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) Program, 5 U. S. C. § 8501 et seq. Appellants brought this class suit against that state agency in the...

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