Legal Opinion
Eugene F. Assaf v. George C. Fields Gary E. Crowell
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 19, 1999No. 02-4572PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
I
Plaintiff Eugene F. Assaf brought this civil rights action against the Pennsylvania state officials responsible for his dismissal from public employment. Assafs complaint, invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983, charges that appellees George C. Fields and Gary E. Crowell terminated his employment for political reasons, thereby violating the First Amendment protections for belief and association. The District Court, in ruling on the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, concluded that Assafs job was not one for which party affiliation is an appropriate…
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