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DePace v. Flaherty

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 28, 2002No. 00 CIV 4000 LAKPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Ronald DePace, an elementary school principal, brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that defendants the Florida Union Free School District (the “District”), his employer, and Dr. Maureen E. Flaherty, his superintendent, acting under color of state law, deprived him of rights guaranteed to him by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, he claims that defendants (1) retaliated against him for exercising his constitutionally protected right to free speech and (2) violated his right to equal protection of the laws…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Case v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2017
  2. Estate of Morris Ex Rel. Morris v. DapolitoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
  3. Murray v. Town of North HempsteadDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2012
  4. Kohutka v. Town of HempsteadDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2014
  5. Stajic v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2016

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