Legal Opinion
Ruhlman v. Hankinson
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 7, 1978No. Civ. A. 76-73 EriePublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DENYING MOTION FOR NhjW TRIAL OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE TO AMEND THE JUDGMENT
KNOX, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a former Pennsylvania State Police sergeant, filed this civil rights suit against defendants, 1 his superior officers, alleging that they violated his civil rights by transferring him from his assignment in Franklin, Pa. to a post in Erie, Pa. Plaintiff contended (1) that the transfer was in retaliation for his exercise of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech, specifically his counselling of the troopers at the Franklin station to oppose the imposition of a quota…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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