Legal Opinion
Mills v. County of Monroe
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1983PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke.
When an employment discrimination action is brought against a county under the State or Federal civil rights statutes, the failure to timely file a notice of claim shall be fatal unless the action has been brought to vindicate a public interest or leave to serve late notice has been granted by the court. Inasmuch as plaintiff never filed a notice of claim and her action was brought to enforce *309merely a private right, her complaint was properly dismissed.
For six years, plaintiff had been a key-punch operator for the County of Monroe when, on August 13,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. TomanioSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Robertson v. WegmannSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by136 opinions
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- Kenneth M. Brown, Riggie A. Lott and All Other Inmates That Have Been Subject to the Conditions in the Adjustment Unit v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- 423 South Salina Street, Inc. v. City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Dortz v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
- Picciano v. Nassau County Civil Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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