MORRIS v. SCHRODER CAPITAL MGMT. INTERN.

Docket No. 05-0823-CV.

445 F.3d 525 (2006)

Paul M. MORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCHRODER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL and SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA INC., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Wright, Frank H. Wright & Associates, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark G. Hanchet (Christine N. Kearns, Julia E. Judish, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief), Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, CALABRESI and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge.

We conclude that this case turns on an undecided question of New York law: Is the factual determination of whether an employee was voluntarily or involuntarily terminated under the New York common law employee choice doctrine governed by the "constructive discharge" test from federal employment discrimination law, and, if not, what test should courts apply? We therefore certify this question to the New York Court of Appeals.

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