Legal Opinion
Myron J. Aufiero v. Owen L. Clarke
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 22, 1981No. 80-1315PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether a Chief of Bureau in a state’s department of taxation may be demoted in 1975 for his earlier service as a source of information and recommendations relating to patronage hirings and promotion.
Plaintiff brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendant Clarke, the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, and the Governor of Massachusetts, charging that his removal as Chief of Bureau for the Bureau of District Offices was solely because of his membership in the Republican Party, and asking that such action be declared a…
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