Legal Opinion
Rosenthal v. Rizzo
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 25, 1977No. 76-2082PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents claims of employee discharge in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered summary judgment against the employee, Harold Rosenthal. We find no error in the disposition of the Fourteenth Amendment claim.1 We reverse and remand, however, as to the First Amendment claim for the following reasons.
Harold Rosenthal was appointed to a $14,257-a-year position as an Administrative Assistant II in the Commercial and Industrial Relocation Department of the Redevelopment…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Mahoney v. Philadelphia Housing AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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