Legal Opinion
Philip Cochetti v. John Desmond, Walter M. Phillips, Jr. And Robert P. Kane
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 21, 1978No. 77-1340PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Philip Cochetti, formerly a Special Investigator III with the Pennsylvania Department of Justice, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants in his suit seeking relief from an allegedly wrongful discharge. Cochetti was employed in the Office of Special Prosecutor in Philadelphia. The defendants are John Desmond, the Chief Investigator in that office, Deputy Attorney General Walter Phillips, who headed the office, and Attorney General Robert P. Kane, who made the decision first to suspend and then to discharge Cochetti. The appellant’s…
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