Legal Opinion
Vincent R. Duffy v. Brian J. Sarault, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 19, 1989No. 89-1099PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants are two former classified employees of the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, whose positions were eliminated in a reorganization of city government in 1988. They argued at trial, and here on appeal, that the reorganization was a sham designed to oust them because of their political affiliation with the preceding may- or who was an adversary of the current Mayor of Pawtucket, an appellee. Appellants’ claims are based under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1985, the First Amendment, the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and Rhode Island state…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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