Legal Opinion
Salvadore Rotolo v. The Borough of Charleroi (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 22, 1976No. 73-1368 and 73-1369PublishedCited by 214 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This is an appeal from ah order granting defendant’s motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) to dismiss plaintiff’s two civil rights complaints for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We believe the district court erred in dismissing the complaints without allowing plaintiff opportunity to amend. We therefore vacate the judgment and remand with directions to allow amendment to the pleadings within a reasonable period.
The plaintiff, Salvadore Rotolo, was terminated from his employment as a building inspector for the defendant municipal corporation, the…
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