Simmons-Grant v. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Acosta, J.P.
This appeal requires us to decide whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars an employee’s retaliation claim under the New York City Human Rights Law (the City HRL), where a similar claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Plaintiff is an African American woman who was employed by defendant law firm as an hourly “staff attorney” from 2006 until she resigned effective August 5, 2010. In 2011, she filed a complaint in federal court alleging racial discrimination and…
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