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TORRE v. COUNTY OF NASSAU

86 N.Y.2d 421 (1995)

657 N.E.2d 486

633 N.Y.S.2d 465

In the Matter of Joseph E. Torre, Appellant, v. County of Nassau et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinman, Straub, Pigors & Manning, P. C., Albany (Bartley J. Costello, III, of counsel), for appellant.

Snitow & Pauley, New York City (Charles D. Cunningham, William H. Pauley III and William S. Norden of counsel), and Owen B. Walsh, County Attorney of Nassau County, Mineola, for respondents.

Gaba & Stober, P. C., Mineola (Louis D. Stober of counsel), and Nancy Hoffman for Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.

BELLACOSA, J.

This case involves a Nassau County Probation Department attorney who was fired as part of the County's effort to deal with a major revenue shortfall by enactment in December 1991 of its 1992 budget. The attorney sued to regain his job and this Court granted him leave to appeal from an Appellate Division order dismissing his case.

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