Case Name: Robert Smithson, Appellant, v. Ilion Housing Authority et al., Respondents. (And Two Additional Proceedings.)
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-10-27
Citations: 72 N.Y.2d 1034
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert Smithson, Appellant, v Ilion Housing Authority et al., Respondents. (And Two Additional Proceedings.)
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 1034–1035

Head Matter:
Robert Smithson, Appellant, v Ilion Housing Authority et al., Respondents. (And Two Additional Proceedings.)
Argued September 15, 1988;
decided October 27, 1988
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Armond J. Festine and R. Richard Decatur for appellant.
James H. Huyck, III, for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
The Appellate Division correctly determined that petitioner —an employee terminable at will — failed to show that his employment was terminated for a constitutionally impermissible reason (see, Murphy v American Home Prods. Corp., 58 NY2d 293, 305). Nor did the Appellate Division abuse its discretion in concluding that violation of the Open Meetings Law, in the circumstances presented, did not require the annulment of the Board's determination dismissing petitioner from his employment (Public Officers Law § 106 [2]; § 107; see, Matter of Sanna v Lindenhurst Bd. of Educ., 58 NY2d 626).
Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.