Legal Opinion
Davis v. State University of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 3, 1986No. 1055, Docket 85-7907PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
Althea Davis, a black nurse, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in January 1982, charging her employer, Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York (“DMC”), and certain individuals with racial discrimination in failing to promote her in late 1978. Following her discharge from DMC in April 1982, she amended her complaint to charge that she was isolated at work and eventually discharged in retaliation for bringing the discrimination charges.1 After a five-day *640bench trial, Magistrate John L. Caden found…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by66 opinions
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