Legal Opinion
Ramírez v. Arlequín
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 3, 2006No. 05-1494PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
We are called upon to decide whether a deliberate executive decision by a state actor, based only on a partisan political change of administration, to deprive independent contractors of a payment to which they are legally entitled, violates the contractors’ First Amendment rights. We hold that it does. Accordingly, we reverse the district court’s dismissal of the First Amendment claims of Remexcel Managerial Consultants, Inc., and Maria S. Kort-right arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of their due process claims and of all…
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