JENNINGS v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH

No. 90 Civ. 5633 (GLG).

786 F.Supp. 376 (1992)

Marion JENNINGS, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH and New York State Office of the State Comptroller, Defendants.

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

March 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rowley, Forrest, O'Donnell & Hite P.C., Albany (Brian O'Donnell, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y., New York City (Nancy Miller Lerner, Marilyn T. Trautfield, of counsel), for defendants.


OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This case, one of first impression in this circuit, explores the tension between the privacy interests of mental health patients housed in New York State facilities and the rights of Security Hospital Treatment Assistants to bid for assignments regardless of their gender as guaranteed by their collective bargaining agreement and secured by Title VII.

BACKGROUND

Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center ("MHPC") is a...

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