LEFCOURT v. LEGAL AID SOCIETY

No. 216, Docket 35136.

445 F.2d 1150 (1971)

Gerald B. LEFCOURT, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The LEGAL AID SOCIETY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Lubell, New York City (Lubell, Lubell, Fine & Schaap, Stephen L. Fine, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

William L. Lynch, New York City (Henry P. Wasserstein, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Lewis B. Oliver, Jr., Robert H. Levy and Michael Schwartz, New York City, on behalf of The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys of The City of New York as amicus curiae.

Before WATERMAN and MOORE, Circuit Judges, LEVET, District Judge.


MOORE, Circuit Judge:

The appellant in this case, Gerald B. Lefcourt (Lefcourt), seeks damages and injunctive relief against The Legal Aid Society (the Society), his former employer. By a complaint filed June 8, 1968, Lefcourt sought reinstatement in his job as a staff attorney for the Society and damages for his allegedly unjustified discharge. He claimed that he was discharged because of statements he had made to fellow...

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