Legal Opinion
Rose Ann McGurrin Ehrhard v. Michael Joseph Connolly, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 8, 1989No. 88-1361PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
This “political discharge” case arose in Massachusetts. The appellant, Rose Ann Ehrhard, claims that the Massachusetts Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, dismissed her from her job as director of the Secretary of State’s Western Massachusetts office (“SOS West”) because she expressed opposition to the Governor at a local political meeting. She says this politically motivated dismissal violated her First Amendment rights. See Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 372, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 2689, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976) (political firing violates First Amendment except in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Arnaldo Jimenez Fuentes v. Honorable Jaime Torres GaztambideCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Hipolito Rodriguez Rodriguez v. Nicholas Munoz Munoz, Executive Director of A.D.T.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Jose Luis Romero Feliciano v. Hon. Jaime Torres Gaztambide, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Ortiz-Pinero v. Rivera-ArroyoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Flynn v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- Hadfield v. McDonoughCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Cruz-Baez v. Negron-IrizarryDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2005
- Timothy E. Feeney v. Charles Shipley State of Ohio Ohio Department of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
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