A unanimous state appeals panel has dismissed a retaliation claim that is part of a discrimination suit filed by a black former contract attorney against Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, ruling that the claim is barred because a federal judge dismissed a similar claim last year.

The Appellate Division, First Department, ruling in Simmons-Grant v. Quinn Emanuel, 150935/13, does not affect the discrimination claim pending in Manhattan Supreme Court that was not at issue in the appeal.