United States Second Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants on claim that defendants denied plaintiff professor emeritus status in retaliation for speech related to a matter of public concern is affirmed as denial of such status is not an adverse action since the benefits of such status carry little or no value and their deprivation therefore may be classified as de minimis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/14/2006
• Published 09/14/2006

Judges

• MINER, Circuit Judge., Before:  MINER and POOLER, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Judith P. Broach, (Joshua S.C. Parkhurst, on the brief), Broach & Stulberg, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Victor A. Kovner (Peter Karanjia, on the brief), Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellees.