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ROOKARD v. HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP.

No. 762, Docket 82-7739.

710 F.2d 41 (1983)

Margaret ROOKARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest L. Mathews, Jr., New York City (Daniel Elliot Laitman, P.C., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Marvin R. Kwartler, New York City (Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, Stephen J. McGrath, Gary P. Shaffer and Leslie C. Kamelhar, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, VAN GRAAFEILAND and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Margaret Rookard, formerly the Director of Nursing at Harlem Hospital, appeals from the June 21, 1982 decision of Judge Gagliardi of the Southern District of New York, dismissing her civil rights action against the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the municipal corporation which operates New York City's municipal hospitals. Rookard claims that HHC, in violation of her First Amendment right to free speech, demoted and eventually...

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