Legal Opinion
Perez v. Cucci
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 2, 1989No. Civ. A. 86-3595PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The issue in this case, following a fifteen day bench trial, is whether the civil rights of plaintiff, Abad Perez, a former Jersey City Police Officer, were violated when he was demoted from the rank of plainclothes detective to uniformed patrolman because he had openly espoused the candidacy of a mayoral incumbent who was defeated in his bid for reelection in 1985. 1
In Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976) and Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507, 100 S.Ct. 1287, 63 L.Ed.2d 574 (1980), the United States Supreme…
2Cases cited142 opinions
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- West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Alan Aulson Et Ux. Maureen Aulson v. Charles BlanchardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Keenan v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Clark v. ClabaughCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Farber v. City of PatersonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
- Farber v. City of PatersonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
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