Legal Opinion
O'Malley v. New York City Transit Authority
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 11, 1993No. 1:91-cr-00636PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
BARTELS, District Judge.
On December 19, 1990, plaintiff Thomas O’Malley was dismissed from his position as an associate attorney in the Workers Compensation Bureau (“WCB”) of the Law Department of defendant New York City Transit Authority (“NYCTA”). O’Malley claims that he was discharged in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights and seeks reinstatement and damages. Defendants move for summary judgment, and for the reasons stated below, their motion is granted in part and denied in part.
I. Background
The alleged retaliation flows from two incidents.…
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