N. Y. S. ASS'N FOR RETARDED CHILDREN, INC. v. CAREY

Nos. 72-C-356, 72-C-357.

438 F.Supp. 440 (1977)

NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN, INC., et al., and Patricia Parisi et al., Plaintiffs, v. Hugh L. CAREY, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, Individually and as Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, Petitioner, v. The CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC., and Ronnie A. Smith, appearing on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Respondents.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

September 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Hansen, Mental Health Law Project, New York City, Kalman E. Finkel, Legal Aid Society, Civil Appeals & Law Reform Unit, New York City, Carol B. Kellermann, Legal Aid Society, Civil Appeals & Law Reform Unit, New York City, of counsel; Jack Bernstein, George Heymann, System of Advocacy for the Retarded, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants; Robert S. Hammer, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.

Roemer & Featherstonhaugh, Albany, N. Y., for respondents; Pauline F. Rogers, James D. Featherstonhaugh, Albany, N. Y., of counsel.

William A. Carnahan, Paul F. Stavis, Margaret M. Corcoran, Paul Litwak, Albany, N. Y., for New York State Dept. of Mental Hygiene.

Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, New York City, for United Cerebral Palsy; Anthony H. Atlas, New York City, of counsel.


BARTELS, District Judge.

Motion by Thomas A. Coughlin, as Deputy Commissioner of defendant New York State Department of Mental Hygiene ("the Department"), to join the Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. and a representative union officer (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the union") to this action1 for the limited purpose of determining whether a proposed contract between the Department and United Cerebral Palsy ("UCP") would...

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