Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Baines
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 2, 2010No. Docket 06-3782-cvPublishedCited by 1,397 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Prior to this lawsuit, defendant Tommy Baines, a supervisor in a residential youth facility of the State of New York, was disciplined by his employer for having engaged in a campaign of racial discrimination against Mark Pasternak, an employee he supervised. Plaintiffs Dwight Hicks, Antonio Melendez, and James Smith—coworkers of Pasternak who were also supervised by Baines—cooperated in the investigations and proceedings, and now allege that Baines threatened to retaliate against them, and did.
Title VIPs anti-retaliation provision makes it unlawful “for an employer…
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