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Eugene Margerum, et al., Appellants-Respondents,v.City of Buffalo, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

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35 Cited authorities

  1. Ricci v. DeStefano

    557 U.S. 557 (2009)   Cited 3,050 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a city's making promotion decisions based on race would violate Title VII without a "valid defense"

  2. Professional Park v. Bedford

    60 N.Y.2d 492 (N.Y. 1983)   Cited 1,156 times
    In Northern Westchester Professional Park Assocs. v Town of Bedford (60 N.Y.2d 492) the Court of Appeals found that in determining whether a certain zoning regulation permitted a reasonable rate of return, a petitioner must show proof in dollars and cents of the owner's investment in the property as well as the return that the property would produce from the various uses permissible under the existing classification.

  3. Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

    327 U.S. 251 (1946)   Cited 978 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when the plaintiff cannot prove his damages by precise computation, the jury "may make a just and reasonable estimate of the damage based on relevant data, and render its verdict accordingly"

  4. Thoreson v. Penthouse Intl

    80 N.Y.2d 490 (N.Y. 1992)   Cited 422 times
    Relying on expressio unius, statutory language, and legislative history to foreclose expansion of listed damages remedies

  5. Cross v. New York City Transit Authority

    417 F.3d 241 (2d Cir. 2005)   Cited 241 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a failure to "perform satisfactorily" is a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for dismissal

  6. Contemporary Mission v. Famous Music Corp.

    557 F.2d 918 (2d Cir. 1977)   Cited 182 times
    Holding that mere technical compliance with a contractual provision requiring the defendant to spend $50,000 to promote the plaintiff's rock opera did not meet the defendant's obligation to use reasonable efforts to promote the opera

  7. Johnson v. Goodyear Tire Rubber Co.

    491 F.2d 1364 (5th Cir. 1974)   Cited 193 times
    In Johnson v. Goodyear Tire Rubber Co., 491 F.2d 1364 (5th Cir. 1974), plaintiff challenged the employer's requirement of a diploma and of passing a standardized test which disqualified black applicants at more than three times the rate for white applicants.

  8. Sharkey v. Lasmo

    214 F.3d 371 (2d Cir. 2000)   Cited 71 times
    Holding that jury instructions referencing "benefits" and "pension benefits," without more, were insufficient to conclude that the jury's award included the value of lost pension benefits

  9. Koyen v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.

    560 F. Supp. 1161 (S.D.N.Y. 1983)   Cited 62 times
    Awarding plaintiff additional damages to those awarded by jury for back pay to account for anticipated salary increases that are "a normal incident of the way of life in the industrial and commercial world."

  10. Walsh v. State of New York

    232 A.D.2d 939 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)   Cited 38 times
    Upholding a $ 185,000 on a wife's derivative claim