Read MANDELL v. THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, 01-7729

Dismissal of Title VII claims is reversed where based on evidence submitted in support of plaintiff's prima facie case and on evidence of pretext, a reasonable juror could find that defendants' decisions not to promote plaintiff were motivated by religious discrimination. A First Amendment retaliation claim was also improperly dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/07/2002
• Decided 01/17/2003
• Published 01/17/2003

Judges

• CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge., Before:  CARDAMONE, F.I. PARKER, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan Polsky, Bohemia, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Diane L. Beckmann, Assistant County Attorney, Hauppauge, New York (Robert J. Cimino, Suffolk County Attorney, Hauppauge, New York, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.