Legal Opinion
Jennings v. New York State Office of Mental Health
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 16, 1992No. 90 Civ. 5633 (GLG)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 facility run by the New York State Office of Mental Health (“OMH”). It is a secure facility which houses the criminally insane, individuals accused of crimes but…
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