Shirley WILDER, Thomas Edwards, and Sharon Rodwell, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Blanche BERNSTEIN, individually and as Administrator of the New York City Human Resources Administration, et al., Defendants,
and
Abbott House, et al., Intervenors.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 8, 1986.
October 8, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Children's Rights Project, New York City, for plaintiffs; Marcia Robinson Lowry, Lauren C. Anderson, Christopher A. Hansen, Michael B. Mushlin, of counsel.
Law Dept. of the City of New York, Office of the Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants Bernstein, New York City, Sanders, Parry, Beine, Marino and Goldin; Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Diane J. Morgenroth, Michele M. Ovesey, Gary P. Shaffer, Asst. Corp. Counsel.
Dept. of Law of the State of N.Y., Office of the Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants Blum and Levitt.
Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., R. Scott Greathead, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Judith T. Kramer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, for defendants Howard, Mary Francene, Sheila, Apers, O'Neill, White, McCormack, Breen, Foley, Chillion, McNaughton, Mary James, Mary Chrysostom, Fogarty, Wallace, Fontaine, McMahon, Mary Patrick, Mary Sheila, Trager, Meaney, Mary Olivia, Harris and Altheimer; Richard E. Nolan, Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr., Whitney L. Schmidt, Karoly S. Gutman, of counsel.
Bodell & Gross, New York City, for defendants Rabinow, DeMartino, Levine, Trobe, Schneider, Barry, Sheridan, Marita Paul, Starace and Quinn; Gerald E. Bodell, Helen McTaggart, of counsel.
Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn & Berman, New York City, for defendant Goldsmith; Michael N. Rosen, Floran L. Fink, Maxine Fass, Andrew Irving, of counsel.
Ohrenstein & Brown, New York City, for defendant Kaufman; Mark J. Bunim, Ivy S. Fischer, of counsel.
Webster & Sheffield, and Polier, Tulin, Clark & Zalk, New York City, for intervenors; Donald J. Cohn, Stephen Wise Tulin, Tracy E. Miller, Seth M. Lahn, of counsel.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.
This civil action, for declaratory and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986, and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, is brought on behalf of a certified class of black Protestant1 children in need of child care services out of their home, and on behalf of several New York taxpayers. Plaintiffs challenge...
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