Legal Opinion

Uwoghiren v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 9, 2017No. 3143 105662/09PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Frank P. Ñervo, J.), entered June 2, 2015, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff alleges that his former employer, defendant New York City Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), discriminated against him on the basis of his national origin (Nigeria) by failing to select him for two promotions and by paying him less than it paid a peer of a different national origin.

Plaintiff established prima facie that he was passed over for promotion under circumstances raising an…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Forrest v. Jewish Guild for the BlindNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. Bennett v. Health Management Systems, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. Hudson v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  4. Baldwin v. Cablevision Systems Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  5. Kent v. Papert Companies, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hamburg v. New York University School of MedicineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. Gordon v. Consolidated Edison Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  3. Bateman v. Montefiore Med. Ctr.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  4. Matter of Lin v. New York City Dept. of Educ.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  5. Matter of Lin v. New York City Dept. of Educ.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021

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