FINLEY v. GIACOBBE

No. 45, Docket 95-7014.

79 F.3d 1285 (1996)

Joanne E. FINLEY, MD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George T. GIACOBBE, Individually and as Commissioner, Department of Hospitals, Rockland County, New York, John T. Grant, Individually and as Rockland County Executive, Rockland County Department of Hospitals, Summit Park Hospital/Rockland County Infirmary and County of Rockland, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucinda Finley, Buffalo, NY (Debra L. Raskin, Vladeck, Waldmand, Elias & Engelhard, New York City, Joseph E. Finley, Baltimore, MD, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John D. Winter, New York City (Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: KEARSE, JACOBS and LEVAL, Circuit Judges.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider issues bearing on whether an at will public employee who resigned during her probationary term of employment has a cause of action against the state and its officers for breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, and deprivation of procedural due process under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff Joanne E. Finley had held the position of hospital medical director for approximately five months when she was...

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