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MATTER OF OBOT

89 N.Y.2d 883 (1996)

675 N.E.2d 1197

653 N.Y.S.2d 245

In the Matter of the Arbitration between Otu A. Obot, Appellant, and New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown & Kelly, LLP, Buffalo (Philip B. Abramowitz of counsel), and R. Nils Olsen, Jr., and H. Jeffrey Marcus for appellant.

Leonard A. Mancini, Albany, and Anthony J. Annucci for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA and LEVINE concur; Judge CIPARICK dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judge SMITH concurs.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner, a correction officer with a 14-year record of service, was terminated from his position as a result of an incident in which he allegedly falsely accused another employee of having sexual relations with an inmate. The employee denied the misconduct and filed a complaint against petitioner for making a false report. Petitioner...

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