Woolfolk v. Trotter's heirs

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that plaintiff did not have a property interest in reappointment to medical staff at hospital administered by NYCHHC where bylaws contained “no provision . . . that provide[d] [her] with an entitlement to reappointment”
• finding that the employer’s concern for the quality of care to patients following the plaintiff’s multiple instances of poor judgment established a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for its actions
• finding that the employer’s concern for the quality of care to patients following the plaintiff's multiple instances of poor judgment established a legitimate, non- discriminatory reason for its actions
• explaining that a “public employee lacks a protected property interest in reappointment where neither the terms of the original appointment nor any state statute, rule, or policy secures an interest in reappointment for the next year”
• de novo review not warranted for conclusory or general objections or which merely reiterate original arguments
• de novo review not warranted for conclusory or general objections or which merely reiterate original arguments

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).