Legal Opinion
Berkman v. City of New York
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 8, 1985No. CV-79-1813PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SIFTON, District Judge.
This action was commenced in 1979 to remedy alleged- discrimination against women in the selection of New York City Firefighters in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution; and the New York Human Rights Law.
Plaintiff sued on her own behalf and as representative of a class of women who took and passed the written portion of the qualifying entry-level test for firefighters administered…
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