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JONES v. NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RESOURCES ADMIN.

Nos. 327, 645 and 646, Dockets 75-7368, 75-7395 and 75-7396.

528 F.2d 696 (1976)

James C. JONES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants-Appellants. Dorothy WILLIAMS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula J. Omansky, New York City (W. Bernard Richland, Corp. Counsel, New York City, L. Kevin Sheridan, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Deborah M. Greenberg, New York City (Jack Greenberg, Covington, Howard, Hagood & Holland, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SMITH and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and WARD, District Judge.

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case presents a challenge to civil service examinations on the familiar ground that they are racially discriminatory.1 In a thorough opinion, 391 F.Supp. 1064, the United States District for the Southern District of New York, Morris E. Lasker, J., held that five examinations given by the New York City Human Resources Administration unconstitutionally discriminated against...

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