Adler v. Pataki

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1999-07-20

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JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge. This appeal concerns the authority of a state to discharge an employee in unusual circumstances. The employee, alleged to have held a policy-making position, making him vulnerable to discharge because of political affiliation, contends that he was unlawfully fired, not because of his political affiliation, but in retaliation for a lawsuit filed against state officials by his wife. Alan Adler, a for…

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