Johnson v. Katz
Cases that cite this one
111 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Soto v. Koehler (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1991)
- Yonkers Racing Corporation v. City Of Yonkers (2d Cir. 1988)
- Yonkers Racing Corp. v. City of Yonkers (2d Cir. 1988)
- Matter of Banton v. Brann (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
- Matter of Johnson v. County of Orange (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2016)
- Matter of Palmore v. Board of Educ. of Hempstead Union Free Sch. Dist. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2016)
- Matter of Mendez v. New York City Dept. of Educ. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2015)
- Lane v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2012)
- Goonewardena v. State of New York Workers' Compensation Board (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2012)
- Taylor v. State University (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2004)
- Manel v. Mosca (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
- Cohen v. Koehler (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1992)
- Card v. Sielaff (New York Supreme Court 1992)
- Kroboth v. Sexton (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1990)
- McCabe v. County of Dutchess (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1988)
- Matter of Vijungco v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2025)
- Matter of Terelle v. New York City Dept. of Educ. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2023)
- Matter of Lin v. New York City Dept. of Educ. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- Matter of Lin v. New York City Dept. of Educ. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- Matter of Russell v. New York State Ins. Fund (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
- Matter of Lake v. Town of Southold (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
- Matter of Solomon v. New York State Off. of Children & Family Servs. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
- Matter of Alleyne v. Department of Educ. of the City of N.Y. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
- Matter of Hirji v. Tahira Dupree Chase (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2017)
- Matter of Brown v. Board of Educ. of the City Sch. Dist. of the City of N.Y. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2017)
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Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
Judicial review of the determination to discharge this probationary employee is limited to an inquiry as to whether the termination was made in bad faith. Evidence in the record supporting the conclusion that performance was unsatisfactory establishes that the discharge was made in good faith (Matter of King v Sapier, 47 AD2d 114, 116, affd on opn below 38 NY2d 960; see, Matter of York v McGuire, 99 AD2d 1023, affd 63 NY2d 760; Matter of Matsa v Wallach, 42 AD2d 1004, 1005, affd 34 NY2d 891). Special Term had before it affidavits of petitioner’s supervisors detailing "continuing problems concerning her relationships with other staff’ and a meeting with petitioner at which such problems were discussed; a performance appraisal report prepared two months before her termination showing a comparatively low rating regarding her ability to communicate with staff and others; and petitioner’s own lengthy correspondence explaining various problems she had with fellow employees. In the face of such evidence establishing good faith in her termination, no material issue of fact was raised by petitioner’s disputed assertion that the facility deputy director told her she was being discharged to protect other employees from scheduled layoffs. Thus, no hearing of the issue of bad faith was required, and the petition was properly dismissed.
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.