Legal Opinion
Lewis v. City Of Boston
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 28, 2003No. 02-1495PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Murphy A. Lewis (“Lewis”) brought this action against the City of Boston (“City”), claiming that the City first discharged him and then failed to hire him for a newly created position because of his race in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 4(1) and because of his public statements regarding inadequate funding for the City’s music programs in violation of the First Amendment. The district court granted summary judgment in the City’s favor. We affirm.
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Lewis, an African-American male, has been employed by the City in the Boston Public…
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