HOWARD v. NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF CIVIL SERVICE

No. 79-2392.

667 F.2d 1099 (1981)

HOWARD, Frank, Jr., Rubin J. Battle, Floyd Bostic, Jr., Lynette Crawford, Charles E. Harris, and Olivia C. Howard, and others similarly situated, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE, New Jersey Civil Service Commission, S. Howard Woodson, Jr. in his official capacity as President of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, Howard F. Haneman, in his official capacity as a Commissioner of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, Henry R. Leiner, in his official capacity as a Commissioner of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, Leonard Simmons, in his official capacity as a Commissioner of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, Ralph P. Shaw, in his official capacity as Chief Examiner and Secretary of the New Jersey Department of Civil Service, City of Newark, Hubert Williams, in his official capacity as Director of the Newark Police Dept., Olivia Howard and Lynette Crawford, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Askin and Jonathan M. Hyman (argued), Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic, Newark, N. J., and Jack Greenberg and O. Peter Sherwood, New York City, for appellants; Eric Neisser, New York City, of counsel.

John J. Degnan, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, Erminie L. Conley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Peter J. Calderone, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Trenton, N. J., for State appellees.

Before VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge, WEIS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied December 30, 1981.

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Olivia Howard and Lynette Crawford claimed, in a district court civil action filed in July 1977, that the hiring practices of the Newark police department discriminated on the basis of sex. They sought relief under two statutes, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. ("Title VII") and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ("§ 1983"). The...

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