Legal Opinion
Landry v. Farmer
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided May 10, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-0147PPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PETTINE, Senior District Judge.
In this § 1983 action fourteen state employees of the Office of the Secretary of State allege that they were wrongfully discharged in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The plaintiffs also allege that each layoff constituted a breach of contract.
The plaintiffs originally filed this action in state court where they obtained a temporary restraining order preventing the termination of their employment. Due to the substantial federal question raised in the complaint, the case was removed to Federal…
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