United States Second Circuit

Where the passage of time is brief enough to support an inference of a causal connection between protected speech and alleged retaliatory actions, the timing is sufficient for plaintiffs to survive summary judgment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2001
• Published 06/04/2001

Judges

• KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:, Before SOTOMAYOR, KATZMANN, Circuit Judges, and CHIN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• L. John Van Norden, Schenectady, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Lynn Gorman-Bakos and Rodney Bakos.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey T. Culkin, Gordon, Siegel, Mastro, Mullaney, Gordon & Galvin, P.C., Latham, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County, Ellen Elliott, individually and as Executive Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County, Angela Warner, individually and as agent, servant and employee of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County, Mike Pierotti, individually and as President of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County, and Dorothy Foster, Bob Lindsay, Tim Manning, Marion Pierce, Jo Ann Rafilik, Steve Ras, Linda Rohmer, Sharon Sutton and Grace Underwood, individually and as directors of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County.