BERKMAN v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 526, Docket 82-7654.

705 F.2d 584 (1983)

Brenda BERKMAN, on behalf of herself and a class consisting of all similarly situated women, Plaintiff-Appellee, 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 Nadeo, 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-Appellees, Uniformed Firefighters Association Local 94, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Eric Teitler, Rego Park, N.Y., for defendant-intervenor-appellant.

Laura Sager, New York City (Women's Rights Clinic of the Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., Robert L. King, Jeffrey N. Drummond, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRIENDLY, NEWMAN, and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal by defendant-intervenor Uniformed Firefighters Association Local 94 ("UFA") questions the propriety of certain injunctive relief granted by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Charles P. Sifton, Judge, in favor of plaintiff Brenda Berkman and a class of women who sought to become fire-fighters in the New York City Fire Department, against defendants City of New York and certain individuals...

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