Legal Opinion
Coogan v. Smyers
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 15, 1998No. 387, Docket 96-7158PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff James A. Coogan brought this áction, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the defendants, members of the City of Tona-wanda Common Council (“Council”), after the Council failed to reappoint him as City Clerk of Tonawanda, New York, in January 1994. The essence of Coogan’s claim was that the Council, which consisted of a newly elected Republican majority, decided not to continue his employment because of his political activities on behalf of the Democratic party, thereby violating his rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Following a bench trial, a…
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