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JACKSON v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP.

No. 76 Civ. 1684(HFW).

419 F.Supp. 809 (1976)

Ms. Cassandra JACKSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION, a body corporate, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

June 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People, New York City, by Nathaniel R. Jones, James I. Meyerson, New York City, of counsel, Bronx Legal Services, New York City, by James Braude, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiffs.

W. Bernard Richland, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., Dr. Lowell E. Bellin and Dr. John L. S. Holloman, by Milton Weinberg, George Sawaya, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

WERKER, District Judge.

This is a class action alleging that the closing of Morrisania Hospital is racially discriminatory and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs allege that this closing violates both the due process and equal protection clauses of the fourteenth amendment as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1970). In addition, plaintiffs allege a violation of the Public Health Service Act, the Comprehensive Neighborhood Service...

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