Stearns v. Mariani

—Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of Supreme Court, Erie County (Sedita, Jr., J.), entered February 12, 2001, which dismissed the petition, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, seeking, inter alia, reinstatement of petitioners to their respective positions and damages.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously modified on the law by granting the petition in part, awarding petitioners damages from May 26, 2000 to August 31, 2000 based on their unlawful dismissals, and ordering that petitioner Gerald Stearns be permitted to…