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RICHARDS v. N.Y. STATE DEPT. OF CORR. SERVICES

No. 82 Civ. 626 (JFK).

700 F.Supp. 2 (1988)

Emanuel RICHARDS, Jr., Edwards S. Jordan, William Arrington, Elmer Owens, Clarence Rivers, Fannie Beckles, Bennie McCall, and Minority Correction Officers Assoc., Inc., individually and as representative of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, Thomas A. Coughlin, III, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, John Cassidy, Individually and as Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations of the Department of Correctional Services, and Meyer Frucher, Individually and as Director of the Office of Employee Relations, New York State Executive Department, Defendants.

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

April 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Case, New York City (Janis M. Meyer, Of Counsel), for plaintiff Bennie McCall.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y., New York City (Stephen M. Jacoby, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

KEENAN, District Judge:

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs brought this class action alleging race discrimination by defendants. Plaintiffs were the Minority Correction Officers Association ("MCOA"), a fraternal organization consisting of Black and Hispanic employees of the New York State Department of Correctional Services ("DOCS"), and seven past and present Black or Hispanic Correction Officers of DOCS. Plaintiffs brought this...

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