Legal Opinion
Holder v. City of Allentown
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 4, 1993No. 92-1358PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Between 1976 and 1990, the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania maintained an ordinance requiring city employees to reside within the city. Between 1985 and 1990, appellant John W. Holder was an employee of Allentown but did not reside within the city. In 1990, Holder wrote a letter to the editor of an Allentown newspaper criticizing the residency requirement. One month after publication of the letter, Allentown officials forced Holder to resign allegedly for violating the residency ordinance. The principal issue in this appeal is…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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