Alexander v. New York Medical College

OPINION AND ORDER

OWEN, District Judge:

Alleging intentional discrimination violating 42 U.S.C. § 1981, plaintiff Gloria Alexander, a black woman, asserts that defendant New York Medical College unlawfully demoted and discharged her from the College’s Department of Comparative Medicine for racially discriminatory reasons. 1

Section 1981 provides that “[a]ll persons ... shall have the same right ... to make and enforce contracts ... as is enjoyed by white citizens.” The Supreme Court has recently held in Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 2363, 105 L.Ed.2d 132 (1989), that §…