Legal Opinion
Goldberg v. Whitman
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 15, 1990No. Civ. H-88-840 (AHN)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
NEVAS, District Judge.
This case raises the complex question of whether a court may consider a legislator’s motive in enacting a statute where that statute is, in all other respects, constitutionally valid. This is a claim by a former supernumerary police officer of the Town of Rocky Hill, Connecticut against the Town, the Town Manager, the Mayor and the members of the Town Council. Kenneth D. Goldberg alleges that after he sided with the Rocky Hill Police Chief in a dispute over racism within the police department he was subjected to a campaign of…
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