Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Board of Education, Smithtown Central School District, No. 1
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 27, 1984No. Nos. 338, 339, Dockets 83-7513, 83-7515PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
The Board of Education, Smithtown Central School District, No. 1, appeals and plaintiff, Harvey Cohen, cross-appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Mishler, J.), which ordered the Board to reinstate Cohen as a tenured English teacher with back pay and employment benefits, but awarded him no damages for the emotional and mental distress associated with his unlawful discharge.
On September 1, 1971, the School District employed Cohen as an English Department Chairman under an employment contract which…
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- Harvey L. Cohen v. Board Of Education, Smithtown Central School District, No. 1Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984