Legal Opinion
DiPinto v. Sperling
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 5, 1993No. 93-1671PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, former probationary police officers with the City of Newport, Rhode Island, were summarily terminated in June, 1989. They then filed separate state court suits against the City of Newport and certain City officials [collectively: the “City”], claiming deprivations of their alleged entitlement to a hearing under Rhode Island law. The state court dismissed their claims, with prejudice, 1 on the ground that Rhode Island law affords probationary police officers no right to a termination hearing.
Appellants then brought this action in the United States District Court…
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