Legal Opinion
McCool v. City of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 27, 2007No. Civil Action 06-3393PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PRATTER, District Judge.
Joseph P. McCool served Philadelphia for a quarter of a century as a firefighter. He wants to do so again — so much so that he has sued the City of Philadelphia as well as various City officials in their official capacity 1 (collectively, the “Defendants”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for various constitutional violations related to the handling of his application to return to the ranks of these notable public servants. Specifically, Mr. McCool charges the Defendants with violating his right to intrastate travel (Count I), his right to equal…
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