Legal Opinion
Aquavia v. Goggin
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 5, 2002No. 3:00CV2328(JBA)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruling on Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. # 20]
ARTERTON, District Judge.
Rosemary Aquavia, a secretary in the Town of Naugatuck’s Building Department, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit alleging that James Goggin, the town’s personnel director, and William Goggin, Sr., a town burgess, retaliated against her for questioning whether a town job posting was in compliance with state law. Aquavia claims that this inquiry was protected First Amendment speech, and that the defendants unlawfully retaliated against her by giving her a disciplinary notice, inquiring about cutting her position to part…
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