Legal Opinion

Chawla v. Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 18, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Lowe, III, J.), entered September 13, 1996, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In employment discrimination cases, a plaintiff employee has the initial burden to show a prima facie case (McDonnell Douglas Corp. v Green, 411 US 792; Landwehr v Grey Adv., 211 AD2d 583). Plaintiff herein has not shown any inference of prohibited discrimination (see, Citibank v New York State Div. of Human Rights, 227 AD2d 322, 323-324, lv denied 88 NY2d 815). Even if plaintiff had met…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Landwehr v. Grey Advertising Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. MATTER OF NAT'L BASKETBALL ASS'N v. New York State Div. of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. Citibank v. New York State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  5. National Basketball Ass'n v. New York State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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