Legal Opinion
Konits v. Valley Stream Central High School District
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 7, 2005No. Docket No. 04-2106-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Carol Konits, a music teacher, sued the school district where she works, alleging principally retaliation in violation of the First Amendment for filing a prior suit against the same defendants in 1996. The 1996 action, which settled during trial, alleged retaliation against Konits for assisting another employee of the school district in her suit for gender discrimination. The Eastern District of New York, Thomas C. Platt, Judge, granted summary judgment to the defendants, finding that the 1996 lawsuit did not involve speech on a matter of public concern, and,…
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