Legal Opinion
Hoopes v. Nacrelli
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 24, 1981No. Civ. A. 79-1246PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUONGO, District Judge.
William Hoopes, plaintiff in this civil rights action, was Chief of Police for the City of Chester from March 1977 to November 1978. He was demoted to the rank of inspector after testifying against former Chester Mayor John Nacrelli at Nacrelli’s federal criminal trial on corruption charges. Hoopes is suing Nacrelli and the members of Chester City Council under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on the ground that they fired him in retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights of free association and free speech, and under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2) on the ground that they…
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- Brawer v. HorowitzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Richard S. Sprague v. F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by17 opinions
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