COBB v. UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY

No. CV 83-4271.

592 F.Supp. 640 (1984)

Ronda COBB, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY, U.S. Secretary of Transportation and the Department of Naval Science at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Defendants.

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

September 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Eve Casher, Port Washington, N.Y., for plaintiff.

Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. Atty. by Thomas B. Roberts, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEXLER, District Judge.

This is an action for employment discrimination brought by a female Merchant Marine Academy cadet who was denied a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve because she was pregnant at the time she applied. Defendants have moved for summary judgment.

In May 1983 the Naval Reserve denied plaintiff a commission on the ground that plaintiff was pregnant at the time, and also on the ground that plaintiff has a...

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