REULAND v. HYNES

Docket No. 04-5521-cv.

460 F.3d 409 (2006)

Robert Charles REULAND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles J. HYNES, individually and in his capacity as District Attorney for the County of Kings, New York, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth I. Freedman, Assistant Corporation Counsel (Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, on the brief) New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jane Bilus Gould, Lovett & Gould, LLP, (Brita Nicaj, on the brief) White Plains, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before WINTER, POOLER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.


POOLER, Circuit Judge.

On August 21, 2001, appellee Robert Charles Reuland filed suit against appellant Charles J. Hynes under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that his demotion within and later firing from the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office was in unlawful retaliation for his exercise of his rights under the First Amendment. Following a trial, the jury returned a special verdict finding that: (1) Reuland had not shown...

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