Legal Opinion

McGunigle v. City of Quincy

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 31, 2016No. 15-2224PPublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Joseph McGunigle (McGunigle), a former Quincy police officer, brought this action against the City of Quincy, Chief of Police Paul Keenan (Chief Keenan), and Captain John Dougan (Captain Dougan) (collectively, appellees), claiming, among other things, that appel-lees retaliated against him for protected speech in violation of his First Amendment rights. The district court granted appel-lees’ motion for summary judgment. After careful consideration, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

As required when reviewing an order granting summary judgment, we summarize the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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  3. Hartman v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
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