Legal Opinion
Finnegan v. University of Rochester Medical Center
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 14, 2002No. Docket No. 01-7873PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
This cause came on to be heard on the record from the United States District Court for the Western District of New •York, and was argued by counsel.
ON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, it is now hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the judgment of said District Court be and it hereby is affirmed substantially for the reasons stated in Magistrate Judge Bauer’s Decision & Order dated June 26, 2001.
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