Legal Opinion
Unotti v. American Broadcasting Companies
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 8, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered April 23, 1999, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff failed to state a cause of action for retaliation under the State Human Rights Law (Executive Law § 296 [1] [e]) since he did not allege that he had been retaliated against for participating in a formal Human Rights Law proceeding (see, Vasconcelos v Meese, 907 F2d 111, 113) and did not support or aid another’s prosecution of a Human Rights Law complaint (cf., Smith v…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Smith v. Columbus Metropolitan Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1977
- Unotti v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1999
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Dorvil v. Hilton Hotels Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Noho Star Inc. v. New York State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Hunts Point Multi-Service Center, Inc. v. BizardiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007