DONOHUE v. MILAN

Docket Nos. 17-2832-cv, 17-2833-cv, 17-2834-cv August Term, 2018

942 F.3d 609 (2019)

Danny DONOHUE, as President of the Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Civil Service Employees Association, Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, John Dellio, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Michael Bouleris, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Maureen Alonzo, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Marcos Diamantatos, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Carlos MILAN, in His Official Capacity as Director of Employee Relations and Employee Safety, New York State Thruway Authority and New York State Canal Corporation, Howard P. Milstein, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman of New York State Thruway/Canal Corporation Board of Directors, Donna J. Luh, Individually, E. Virgil Conway, in His Official Capacity as Board Member of New York State Thruway/Canal Corporation Board of Directors, Richard N. Simberg, Individually, Brandon R. Sall, Individually, J. Donald Rice, Jr., Individually, Jose Holguin-Veras, Individually, New York State Thruway Authority, Defendants-Appellants, Thomas J. Madison, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the New York State Thruway Authority and the New York State Canal Corporation, Defendants. Danny Donohue, as President of the Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, William Coleman, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, William Miller, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, John Metzgier, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Jack Wiedeman, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, John Dellio, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Michael Bouleris, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Maureen Alonzo, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Marcos Diamantatos, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, New York State Thruway Employees Local 72, Joseph E. Colombo, George E. Savoie, David M. Mazzeo, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Carlos Milan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of Employee Relations and Employee Safety, New York State Thruway Authority and New York State Canal Corporation, Brian U. Stratton, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of the New York State Canal Corporation, Howard P. Milstein, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman of New York State Thruway Authority/Canal Corporation Board of Directors, E. Virgil Conway, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway/Canal Corporation Board of Directors, New York State Thruway Authority, New York State Canal Corporation, Donna J. Luh, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Vice-Chairman New York State Thruway/canal Corporation Board of Directors and in Her Official Capacity as Vice-Chair of the New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors, Richard N. Simberg, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway/Canal Corporation Board of Directors and in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway Authority, Brandon R. Sall, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Board Member of New York State Thruway/Canal Corporation Board of Directors and in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway Authority, J. Donald Rice, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway/Canal Corporation Board of Directors, Jose Holguin-Veras, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Board Member of New York State Thruway/canal Corporation Board of Directors and in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway Authority, Defendants-Appellants, Thomas J. Madison, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the New York State Thruway Authority and the New York State Canal Corporation, Defendant. New York State Thruway Employees Local 72, Joseph E. Colombo, George Savoie, David M. Mazzeo, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. New York State Thruway Authority, Howard P. Milstein, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the New York State Thruway Authority, Thomas Ryan, in His Official Capacity, E. Virgil Conway, in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway Authority, Brandon R. Sall, in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway Authority, John F. Barr, in His Official Capacity as Director of Administrative Services of the New York State Thruway Authority, Donna J. Luh, in Her Official Capacity as Vice-Chair of the New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors, Richard N. Simberg, in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway Authority, J. Donald Rice, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway Authority, Jose Holguin-Veras, in His Official Capacity as Board Member of the New York State Thruway Authority, Defendants-Appellants, Thomas J. Madison, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the New York State Thruway Authority, John M. Bryan, in His Official Capacity as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the New York State Thruway Authority, Joseph Bress, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief Negotiator of the New York State Thruway Authority, Howard Glaser, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of State Operations and Senior Policy Advisor To the Governor of New York, Donald R. Bell, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of Maintenance and Operations of the New York State Thruway Authority, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth A. Bourassa ( Christopher W. Meyer , Norma G. Meacham , Monica R. Skanes , on the brief), Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany, NY, for Defendants-Appellants.

Aaron E. Kaplan ( Daren J. Rylewicz , Jennifer C. Zegarelli , on the brief), Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Albany, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees in Donohue et al. v. Milan et al., 17-2832-cv, Donohue et al. v. Milan et al., 17-2833-cv.

Gregg D. Adler ( Nicole M. Rothgeb , on the brief), Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly, P.C., Hartford, CT, for Plaintiffs-Appellees in N.Y. State Thruway Emps. Local 72 et al. v. N.Y. State Thruway Authority et al., 17-2834-cv.

Before: WESLEY, LOHIER, and SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges.


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