Title
Martz v. Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, 22 F. 3d 26 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 1994
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-7-1994
Abstract
Plaintiff-appellant Deborah Martz appeals from a summary judgment entered on July 14, 1993 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Spatt, J.), in favor of defendants-appellants the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, George Donley, Paul Brown, Michael Belfiore, Thomas Williams, Nunzio Colombo, Joseph W. Gathard and Rosario Messina ("Village", collectively) and dismissing Martz's complaint, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in its entirety. The district court found that (1) the Village's alleged breach of a contract with Martz in not paying her for professional services rendered did not constitute a deprivation of a property interest protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, and (2) alleged defamatory statements attributed to the Village and first published in a local newspaper approximately six months after the expiration of Martz's one-year term of appointment as Deputy Village Attorney did not deprive her of any liberty interest protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
For the reasons that follow, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Recommended Citation
Miner '56, Roger J., "Martz v. Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, 22 F. 3d 26 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 1994" (1994). Circuit Court Opinions. 410.
https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/circuit_opinions/410
Comments
22 F.3d 26 (1994)
Deborah MARTZ, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM; George Donley, Individually, and as Mayor of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream; Paul Brown, Individually, and as Trustee of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream; Michael Belfiore, Individually, and as Trustee of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream; Thomas Williams, Individually, and as Village Attorney for the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream; Nunzio Colombo, Individually, and as Treasurer of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream; Joseph W. Gathard, as Trustee of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream; Rosario Messina, as Trustee of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 950, Docket 93-7785. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued January 12, 1994.
Decided April 7, 1994.
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