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GORDON v. NEW YORK STATE DORMITORY AUTHORITY

No. 82 Civ. 5495(MEL).

565 F.Supp. 143 (1983)

Dorothy GORDON, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK STATE DORMITORY AUTHORITY, William A. Sharkey, as Executive Director, and John B. Johnson, as Chairman, and their successors in office, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 24, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legan & Welsh, Corona, N.Y., for plaintiff.

Plunkett & Jaffe, P.C., New York City, for defendants; Thomas A. Hickey, New York City, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

This action arises from Dorothy Gordon's dismissal from her position as Director of Urban Affairs at the New York State Dormitory Authority ("the Authority") on July 21, 1980. Gordon alleges that she was dismissed because her superiors believed that she intended to become a candidate for political office.

A few months later, Gordon filed an action before another judge of this Court complaining of the dismissal. A motion for preliminary...

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