LEGAL AID SOCIETY v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Nos. 96 Civ. 5141(SHS), 96 Civ. 8137(SHS).

114 F.Supp.2d 204 (2000)

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, The Office of the Criminal Justice Coordinator of the City of New York, Rudolph W. Giuliani, as Mayor of the City of New York, Katherine N. Lapp, as the Criminal Justice Coordinator of the City of New York, Steven M. Fishner, as the current Criminal Justice Coordinator of the City of New York, Queens Law Associates, P.C., Brooklyn Defender Services, New York County Defender Services, Inc., Bronx Defenders, Battiste, Aronowsky & Suchow, Appellate Advocates, Center for Appellate Litigation, Defendants. Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, Local 2325, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW, AFL — CIO/CLC, 1199 National Health and Human Services Employees Union, AFL — CIO/CLC, Plaintiffs, v. City of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, as Mayor of the City of New York, Katherine N. Lapp, as Criminal Justice Coordinator of the City of New York, Defendants.

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

September 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Stuart Meiklejohn, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Lewis Steven Finkelman, Corporation Counsel of the City, New York, NY, for Defendants City of New York, Office of Criminal Justice of New York, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Katherine N. Lapp.

Lynn W. Fahey, Queens Law Associates, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendants Queens Law Associates, P.C., Brooklyn Defender Services, Appellate Advocates.

Robert S. Dean, New York, NY, for Defendants New York County Defender Services, Inc., Bronx Defenders, Battiste, Aronowsky & Suchow, Center for Appellate Litigation.


OPINION

STEIN, District Judge.


                             TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ............................................................. 210

BACKGROUND ............................................................... 211

DISCUSSION ............................................................... 212

   I.  Applicable standard ..........

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