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MONELL v. NEW YORK CITY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 75-1914.

436 U.S. 658 (1978)

MONELL ET AL. v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar Chase argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Nancy Stearns, Jack Greenberg, and Eric Schnapper.

L. Kevin Sheridan argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was W. Bernard Richland.*

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners, a class of female employees of the Department of Social Services and of the Board of Education of the city of New York, commenced this action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 in July 1971.1 The gravamen of the complaint was that the Board and the Department had as a matter of official policy compelled pregnant employees to take...

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