Legal Opinion
Monahan v. Romney
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 3, 2010No. 09-2458PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
In 2006, William P. Monahan filed suit against former Massachusetts Governor Willard Mitt Romney and several members of the Governor’s senior staff: Eric Fehrnstrom, Nicholas Tzitzon, Shawn Feddeman, and Spencer Zwick. Monahan’s complaint listed seven counts revolving around his central allegation that the defendants had unconstitutionally removed him from his office as Chairman of the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission in 2003, depriving him of protected property and liberty interests without due process of law.
After a four-day bench trial in April 2009, the district…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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