Legal Opinion
Heagney v. Wong
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 11, 2019No. 17-2033PPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRON, Circuit Judge.
*810 This case concerns a suit that Scott Heagney, a past applicant for the position of the police chief of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, brought against the City of Fitchburg ("Fitchburg") and its mayor after the mayor decided not to nominate him for the job. The mayor made her decision after she discovered late in the hiring process that Heagney had not disclosed, among other things, that he was charged with serious criminal offenses (of which he was later acquitted at trial) during the time period in which he was employed at another local police department. The mayor was…
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