Legal Opinion
Pilkington v. Bevilacqua
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided September 30, 1977No. Civ. A. 77-0190PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
In this civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief and for damages, the plaintiff claims his summary discharge from state employment is violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. Jurisdiction is conferred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343, 2201, 2202 and its powers of pendent jurisdiction.
Findings of Fact
Plaintiff Robert Pilkington was dismissed by the defendants in this case on April 1, 1977 from his employment with the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health where he had been an…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Buschi v. KirvenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Mavis Day v. South Park Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Buschi v. KirvenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Michael T. Albright v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Robert J. Pilkington v. Joseph J. BevilacquaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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