Legal Opinion
Silva v. Worden
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 20, 1997No. 96-2165PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Kenneth Silva appeals from a directed verdict on his claims alleging violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The First Amendment claims are that Silva was subjected to a ban on parking cars in a city employee parking lot when the ears carry political roof rack signs, that the ban was selectively enforced against him, and that the termination of his city employment was in retaliation for his support of his wife’s political candidacy for city office when she ran against a candidate whom the mayor supported. The Fourteenth Amendment claim is that Silva’s liberty…
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