O'CONNELL v. Gorski

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• the determinative inquiry “is not what functions the public employee actually performed but rather what duties he was actually empowered to perform and which ones were inherent in the public office he held.”
• Assistant County Attorney whose inherent duties required him to advise county officers and employees was in a confidential position and fact that he was assigned only to handle litigation in Family Court did not change confidential nature of position
• city attorney could be fired for not supporting mayor’s unsuccessful property bill
• Assistant County Attorney whose inherent duties required him to advise county officers and employees was in a confidential position and fact that he was assigned only to handle litigation in Family Court did not change confidential nature of position

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).