Chance v. Board of Examiners

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Board of Examiners of the City of New York appeals from a pre*1169liminary injunction granted by Walter R. Mansfield, J.,1 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York at the instance of plaintiffs Boston M. Chance and Louis C. Mercado, suing on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated.2 The named plaintiffs, who are respectively black and Puerto Rican, sued the Board of Examiners under federal civil rights laws, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983. Plaintiffs claimed that competitive examinations given by the Board to those seeking…