United States Second Circuit

Order dismissing employment discrimination and breach of contract claims for failure to state claims upon which relief can be granted is vacated where the district court incorrectly applied a heightened pleading standard. Dismissal of for breach of implied contract and quantum meruit claims are affirmed as plaintiff failed to plead necessary elements of those claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/21/2006
• Published 04/21/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before:  KEARSE, MINER, HALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Marek, Liddle & Robinson, LLP (Jeffrey L. Liddle on the brief), New York, New York, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Wendy E. Tarlow, Office of the University Counsel (Nelson E. Roth, Valerie L. Cross on the brief), Cornell University Ithaca, New York, for Appellee.