Legal Opinion

Roseman v. County of Cambria

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided September 8, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-597JPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ORDER

D. BROOKS SMITH, District Judge.

Plaintiff Robert Roseman, formerly the Clerk of Cambria County, has filed a complaint seeking money damages 1 from Cambria County and two of its commissioners, alleging that the defendant commissioners’ politically-motivated decision to replace him violates the Elrod-Branti—Rutan doctrine. See Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976), Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507, 100 S.Ct. 1287, 63 L.Ed.2d 574 (1980); Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, 497 U.S. 62, 110 S.Ct. 2729, 111 L.Ed.2d 52 (1990). Before the Court is…

2Cases cited16 opinions

Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
Rutan v. Republican Party of IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
Ness v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981

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Delores Armour v. The County of Beaver, Pennsylvania, Bea Schulte, Commissioner, in Her Individual CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001