United States Second Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants and dismissal of First Amendment retaliation and political affiliation claims is affirmed where defendants demonstrated as a matter of law that the same adverse employment action would have been taken even in the absence of plaintiff's protected speech and political affiliation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/09/2006
• Published 08/09/2006

Judges

• WINTER, Circuit Judge., Before WINTER, JACOBS, Circuit Judges, and GLEESON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher D. Watkins (Stephen Bergstein on the brief), Thornton, Bergstein & Ullrich LLP, Chester, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James P. Clark (Terence M. O'Neil, Howard M. Miller on the brief), Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Garden City, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.