Legal Opinion
Brzak v. United Nations
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 2, 2010No. Docket 08-2799-cvPublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Cynthia Brzak and Nasr Ishak appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sweet, J.) dismissing claims against the United Nations and various United Nations officials. The complaint charges defendants with sex discrimination under several federal statutory and state common law theories. The district court dismissed the claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction on the grounds that the United Nations and the individual defendants enjoy absolute and functional immunity, respectively. Brzak v. United…
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