BERKMAN v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 79 C 1813.

536 F.Supp. 177 (1982)

Brenda BERKMAN, on behalf of herself and a class consisting of all similarly situated women, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK; Edward Koch, individually and as Mayor of the City of New York; New York City Fire Department; Augustus Beekman, individually and as Fire Commissioner of the City of New York; New York City Department of Personnel; Michael Nadel, individually and as Director of Personnel of the City of New York; Thomas Roche, individually and as former Director of Personnel of the City of New York; Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Defendants.

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

March 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Women's Rights Clinic of the Washington Square Legal Services, Inc. by Laura Sager, and Debevoise & Plimpton by Robert L. King, Bart R. Schwartz, Jeffrey N. Drummond, Kathryn Quirk, New York City, for plaintiff.

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Corp. Counsel of the City of New York by Norma Kerlin, Thomas C. Crane, Gary P. Shaffer, Asst. Corp. Counsels, New York City, for defendants.

Norman Teitler, Rego Park, N. Y., attorney for intervenor, Uniformed Firefighters Association.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

SIFTON, District Judge.

This is an action brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution; and Section 296 of the New York Human Rights Law (Executive Law), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and damages to redress alleged sex-based discrimination...

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