Legal Opinion
Hoyt v. Andreucci
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 6, 2006No. Docket No. 04-5551-CVPublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATZMANN, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we are called upon to assess whether various officials of Albany County violated the First Amendment rights of a corrections officer by retaliating against him on the basis of his speech.
The plaintiff-appellant, Ron Hoyt, has long been employed by Albany County as a corrections officer and has been involved in union activities for many years. After being elected to a leadership position in Council 82, a statewide labor organization, Hoyt was granted a full-time leave to fulfill his union responsibilities, pursuant to a written agreement between Council 82…
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