Legal Opinion
Barton v. Clancy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 14, 2011No. 08-2479PublishedCited by 307 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Gordon Barton appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant Edward J. Clancy, Jr., mayor of the City of Lynn, Massachusetts (City or Lynn). Barton brought claims against Clancy for disability harassment, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 4, and retaliation based on the exercise of his First Amendment rights, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 Barton’s claims stemmed from an ongoing conflict between Clancy and Barton, an African-American who served as a firefighter for the City for nearly thirty years, until his involuntary retirement in 2004 due to a…
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