Legal Opinion
Barrett v. Orange County Human Rights Commission
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 7, 1999No. Docket No. 98-7752PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge:
In early 1997, the Orange County Human Rights Commission fired its Executive Director, the plaintiff Kevin Barrett, after a series of disputes between him and members of the Commission. Barrett brought an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard C. Casey, Judge) pursuant to both 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the New York State Constitution against the defendants Orange County Human Rights Commission and the County of Orange (together, the “municipal defendants”), and Commissioners Hubert Lee and Angela Colonna (together, the…
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