Legal Opinion
Sontag v. Bronstein
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 15, 1973PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJasen, J.
In September, 1970, the petitioner, Marilyn Sontag, received a provisional civil service appointment as an audiovisual aid technician at Hunter College in the City of New York. In early 1972, she took and passed the written civil service examination for the.position, but failed a portion of the physical test requiring a candidate “ by sheer muscular effort, to raise a 25-pound dumbbell with one hand and then a 20-pound dumbbell with the other from a stop position at the shoulder to full arm vertical extension.” As a result, and in accordance with the *200job. specifications for an audio-visual…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mrs. Lorena W. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Mrs. Lorena W. WeeksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
3Cited by25 opinions
- City of Schenectady v. State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Maine Human Rights Commission v. Local 1361, United Paperworkers International Union AFL-CIOSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- In re Dora P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- People v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Bruno v. CoddAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
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