Danielson v. Board of Higher Education

MOTLEY, District Judge.

Opinion on Motion to Dismiss and for Summary Judgment

This is an action by Ross Danielson, a lecturer in sociology at City College, a branch of the City University of New York. Mr. Danielson’s challenge is to the constitutionality of defendants’ maternity leave provision on its face and as applied. The essence of Danielson’s claim is that women faculty members are permitted to take a leave of absence in connection with pregnancy, up to three semesters, for the purpose, among others, of caring for a new born infant, without adversely affecting their tenure rights, but the…