Legal Opinion
Looney v. Black
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 21, 2012No. 11-3486-cvPublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge DRONEY dissents in a separate opinion.
STRAUB, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Patrick Looney served as the Building Official for the Town of Marlborough, Connecticut from 1994 until 2010. He now sues Marlborough as well as three members of Marlborough’s Board of Selectmen, Defendants-Appellants William Black, Riva Clark, and Joseph LaBella, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that he was deprived of his procedural due process and free speech rights when his position was reduced from full to part time after he made certain statements regarding the use of wood-burning stoves, as well as when he…
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