Thomas v. New York Temporary State Com'n on Regulation of Lobbying
| Decision Date | 04 May 1982 |
| Citation | 56 N.Y.2d 656,451 N.Y.S.2d 708 |
| Parties | , 436 N.E.2d 1310 In the Matter of Paul E. THOMAS, Appellant, v. NEW YORK TEMPORARY STATE COMMISSION ON REGULATION OF LOBBYING et al., Respondents. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
The order of the Appellate Division, 83 A.D.2d 723, 442 N.Y.S.2d 632, should be affirmed, with costs.
Given the nature of the attorney-client relationship and petitioner's position as associate counsel to respondent New York State Temporary Commission on Regulation of Lobbying, it cannot be said that reports of petitioner's active assistance to two public interest lobbying groups regulated by the commission were an improper basis for the commission's decision to terminate petitioner's employment (cf. Arnett v. Kennedy, 416 U.S. 134, 94 S.Ct. 1633, 40 L.Ed.2d 15; Cooper v. Johnson, 4 Cir., 590 F.2d 559). Nor was petitioner entitled to a due process hearing inasmuch as he never alleged that there was public dissemination of the reasons for his dismissal. Finally, petitioner, a nontenured employee, has demonstrated no procedural violation in the manner in which his employment was terminated.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.
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