Legal Opinion
William L. O'Brien v. Robert J. Digrazia
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 8, 1976No. 76-1292PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
The district court allowed the defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and the plaintiffs appealed. Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 12(b)(6). Given this posture of the case, we accept as true all material allegations in the complaint. Robinson v. Stanley Home Prods. Co., 272 F.2d 601 (1st Cir. 1959); 2A Moore’s Federal Practice ¶ 12.08 (1975). Those facts may be simply stated. The plaintiffs are patrolmen in the Boston Police Department; the defendant is the Police Commissioner. In 1973, the Commissioner ordered the plaintiffs to complete a financial questionnaire,…
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