Legal Opinion
McGinty v. New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 22, 2001No. Docket No. 00-7189PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
The evolution of this appeal illustrates the potential consequences when a decree of the Supreme Court is applied retroactively to a different case open at the time it is issued. Just prior to the decree, plaintiffs were well on their way to recovering damages for age discrimination in pension benefits concededly committed by the State of New York. When the Supreme Court ruled, in another case, that states had sovereign immunity from suit under the statute upon which plaintiffs had been relying, plaintiffs’ prospects for victory vanished like spent light.
Plaintiff…
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