Legal Opinion

Cronin v. Town of Amesbury

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 16, 1996No. 95-1957PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Per curiam

This case arises out of the decision of the Town of Amesbury, Massachusetts to fire Michael A. Cronin from his position as the Town’s Chief of Police. The Town terminated Cronin for falsely denying under oath that he had written a pornographic letter that was found in his desk at the Amesbury Police Department. In a fifteen-count complaint, Cronin alleged that the Town’s Board of Selectmen, two Town Managers, a number of police officers (collectively the “Town defendants”) and two private citizens (Daniel L. Bartley and Nancy Gonthier) terminated him in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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3Cited by66 opinions

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