Legal Opinion
Torre v. County of Nassau
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 1995PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
This case involves a Nassau County Probation Department attorney who was fired as part of the County’s effort to deal with a major revenue shortfall by enactment in December 1991 of its 1992 budget. The attorney sued to regain his job and this Court granted him leave to appeal from an Appellate Division order dismissing his case.
The central issue the employee raises is whether Nassau County violated the doctrine of legislative equivalency (Matter of Gallagher v Regan, 42 NY2d 230) by attempting to delegate the authority to abolish a position of employment…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gallagher v. ReganNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Matter of Moran v. La GuardiaNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- New York Public Interest Research Group v. DinkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Terrible v. County of RocklandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- MATTER OF BRAYER v. LappleNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Weitzenberg v. Nassau County Department of Recreation & ParksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Civil Service Employees Ass'n v. County of NassauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Naftal Associates v. Town of BrookhavenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Heron v. City of BinghamtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Lamb v. Town of EsopusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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