Legal Opinion
LaRou v. Ridlon
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 28, 1996No. 96-1229PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Charles LaRou challenges the district court’s summary judgment rulings rejecting his political discrimination claims against Cumberland County (Maine) Sheriff Wesley Ridlon. We affirm the district court judgment.
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BACKGROUND 1
Approximately two years after LaRou joined the Cumberland County Sheriffs Department (“Department”) in April 1989, he was designated “Lieutenant, Programs Coordinator” by Sheriff Ridlon. Previously, Rid-lon had told LaRou that one of his new responsibilities would be to gather adverse information that might enable Ridlon to fire Sergeant…
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