Legal Opinion
Richardson v. City of Saratoga Springs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 22, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYesawich Jr., J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Keniry, J.), entered December 10, 1996 in Saratoga County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, dismissed the petition for failure to state a cause of action.
Petitioner, an electrician employed by respondent City of Saratoga Springs, charges respondents—the City and its Commissioner of Public Works—with acting illegally by modifying his job duties, and ultimately denying him a promotion, because he supported the Commissioner’s political opponent in the 1993 election. Finding the record evidence insufficient to establish a causal link…
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