WOODBURY v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 1122, Docket 87-7149.

832 F.2d 764 (1987)

Richard A. WOODBURY, William Aroya, Freddie Atchison, Richard Beck, George Cuebas, Esau German, Ronald Graham, Thomas Haynes, Reinaldo Pitters, Walter Smith, George Yik, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and the Guardians Association, Inc., New York City Transit Police Department, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, New York City Transit Police Department, James B. Meehan and Sanford Garelick, individually and in their official capacities as Chief and former Chief, respectively, of the New York City Transit Police Department, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin B. Schnabel, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Albert C. Cosenza, Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel) for defendants-appellants.

Lawrence S. Cumberbatch, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and MINER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


MINER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellees, former and present members of the New York City Transit Police Department and a fraternal organization of black transit police officers, commenced an action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Sifton, J.) pursuant to, inter alia, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1982), and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1982). The complaint alleged various...

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