Legal Opinion
Gagliardi v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 18, 2008No. 06-2680PublishedCited by 505 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Michael Gagliardi lost his position on the Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board (“Board”) in Lawrence, Massachusetts, when the Board was dissolved for failure to achieve the required state certification. He brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1 claiming that Michael Sullivan, Lawrence’s mayor (“Mayor Sullivan”), along with the City of Lawrence itself (“City”) and three state officials, were responsible for the Board’s dissolution and his consequent dismissal, and that such conduct amounted to a violation of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The three…
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