U.S. v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 879, Docket 95-6155.

97 F.3d 672 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis E. Peraertz, Washington, DC (Deval L. Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, Dennis J. Dimsey, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard Schoolman, New York City (Barbara Berger, of counsel, Office of Martin B. Schnabel, New York City Transit Authority, Brooklyn, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, filed a brief for Amicus Curiae The Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Before: JACOBS, LEVAL and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

The New York City Transit Authority (the "Transit Authority") has an Equal Employment Opportunity Division (the "EEO Division") that handles employee discrimination complaints through informal settlement and mediation proceedings. However, under a policy that was in effect for about six years (ending in July 1993), the Transit Authority's Law Department had exclusive responsibility for handling an employee discrimination complaint if it involved...

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