SNEAD v. DEPARTMENT OF SOC. SERV. OF CITY OF N. Y.

No. 72 Civ. 4536.

409 F.Supp. 995 (1975)

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.

December 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel R. Jones, James I. Meyerson, N.A.A.C.P., New York City, Thomas Hoffman, New York City, for plaintiff.

W. Bernard Richland, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for municipal defendants; Eileen Shapiro, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, of counsel.

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


OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This belated motion by the City of New York defendants to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the court lacks jurisdiction to grant plaintiff's claim for damages requires a brief history of this litigation, now approaching its fourth year, in which time the case has been before the Supreme Court twice without a final determination on the merits.

Plaintiff, a Civil Service social worker in the employ of...

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