Legal Opinion
Vacca v. Barletta
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 12, 1990No. Civ. A. No. 89-1669-SPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SKINNER, District Judge.
This case arises out of a meeting of the Everett School Committee on August 29, 1988. The plaintiff, Ronald J. Vacca, and the defendant, David Barletta, are two elected members of the committee. Mr. Barletta was the acting chairperson of the committee on August 29, 1988. After an argument about the hiring of seven teachers for the upcoming school year, Mr. Bar-letta asked the assistant superintendent to call the police to ask them to remove Mr. *402Vacca from the meeting. Three police officers, defendants Basteri, Mazzi, and…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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