Legal Opinion

Karen Callaghan v. City of South Portland

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided September 10, 2013No. Docket Cum-12-229PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Majority: LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, AND JABAR, JJ.

Dissent: ALEXANDER, J.

MEAD, J.

[¶ 1] Karen Callaghan and Burton Edwards (the employees) are part-time employees of the City of South Portland. They filed a complaint in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West, Westlaw through P.L. 113-22) seeking a declaration that certain provisions of the City’s personnel policy violated their First Amendment rights, and further seeking permanent injunctive relief from the enforcement of those provisions. They then moved for summary judgment.

[¶ 2] The City appeals from…

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3Cited by2 opinions

CASEY v. TOWN OF YARMOUTHDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2021
Karen Callaghan v. City of South PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2013