United States Second Circuit

A negative arbitration decision rendered under a collective bargaining agreement does not preclude a Title VII action by a discharged employee, but a decision by an independent tribunal not itself subject to a claim of bias will attenuate plaintiff's proof of the requisite causal link between termination and the employer's illegal motive.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2002
• Published 09/20/2002

Judges

• WINTER, Circuit Judge., Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, WINTER, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rick Ostrove,Leeds, Morelli & Brown, PC, Carle Place, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Schoolman, Office of the General Counsel, New York City Transit Authority, Brooklyn, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.