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LEITNER v. WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Docket No. 14-1042-cv.

779 F.3d 130 (2015)

Carol LEITNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Joseph Hankin, in his personal and official capacity as President of Westchester Community College, Chet Rogalski, in his personal and official capacity as Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Jianping Wang, in her personal and official capacity as Associate Dean of the Arts and Humanities, Gabrielle Miller, in her personal and official capacity as Curricular Chairperson of the Communications and Media Arts Department, Defendants-Appellants, Westchester Community College Federation Of Teachers Local 2431, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 25, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis B. Leitner ( Catherine M. Foti , on the brief), Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C., New York, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Denise M. Cossu ( John M. Murtagh , on the brief), Gaines, Novick, Ponzini, Cossu & Venditti, LLP, White Plains, New York, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: LEVAL, CHIN, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

In this case, plaintiff-appellee Carol Leitner was an adjunct professor at Westchester Community College, a community college in the State University of New York ("SUNY") system. She was fired, purportedly for making offensive comments in class. She sued Westchester Community College and certain of its administrators (collectively...

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