FISHER v. FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

No. 78 Civ. 971.

491 F.Supp. 879 (1980)

Hope FISHER, Plaintiff, v. The FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; Gladys Marcus, Individually and as Associate Dean of the Department of Liberal Arts; Fashion Institute of Technology Local 1460 (Fashion Institute of Technology Chapter) of the United Federation of College Teachers; Local 3457 United College Employees; George Levinson, Individually and as the Former Chairman of the Grievance Committee of Local 1460 of the United Federation of College Teachers, and as Chairman of the Grievance Committee of Local 3457 of the United College Employees, Defendants.

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

March 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silvera & Brooks, New York City, for plaintiff; Agostinho Dias Reis, New York City, of counsel.

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, for defendants Fashion Institute of Technology and Gladys Marcus; Jonathan D. Warner, New York City, of counsel.

James R. Sandner, New York City, for defendants George Levinson and United College Employees; Susan Bloom Jones, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

SOFAER, District Judge:

This action was brought under several statutes, but plaintiff abandoned before trial any claim for relief other than that based on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. Plaintiff is a black woman, who claims she was refused promotion by or on account of the racially discriminatory acts of defendants. The defendant Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is a publicly-supported...

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