Legal Opinion
Lorusso v. Borer
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 28, 2005No. 3:03CV504MRKPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
KRAVITZ, District Judge.
This case arises from alleged retaliatory employment actions taken by the Mayor of the City of West Haven (the “City”), H. Richard Borer (“Mayor Borer”), against two city employees, Sandra Lorusso and Deborah Evangelista. Plaintiffs claim that they were retaliated against for backing a political opponent of Mayor Borer’s, in violation of their First Amendment rights, as enforced by 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and their corresponding Connecticut state constitutional rights. 1 At oral argument, Plaintiffs clarified that they are bringing their First Amendment…
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