Legal Opinion
Mummau, O. Howard v. Ranck, Michael, District Attorney, Lancaster County, Buckwalter, Ronald, Former District Attorney, Lancaster County
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 12, 1982No. 82-1075PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
In Ness v. Marshall, 660 F.2d 517 (3d Cir. 1981), we determined that as a matter of law the positions of city solicitor and assistant city solicitor were those for which party affiliation was an appropriate requirement for effective performance and therefore a mayor’s dismissal of those attorneys for reasons of their political affiliation did not violate the First Amendment. In the present case, Mummau v. Ranck, 531 F.Supp. 402 (E.D.Pa.1982), the district court used kindred reasoning and determined that the plaintiff’s employment as an assistant district attorney brought…
3Cases cited4 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Ness v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Mummau v. RanckDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
4Cited by77 opinions
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- Donald C. Tomczak v. The City of Chicago, an Illinois Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Luisa A. De Abadia v. Hon. Luis Izquierdo MoraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Stott v. HaworthCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
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