Legal Opinion
Galloza-Gonzalez v. Foy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 10, 2004No. 03-2658PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this action, the plaintiffs, who once held identical appointed offices in the same government agency, claim that their ousters were rooted in politics and, thus, violated their rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. As a fallback, they also claim that the adverse personnel actions infringed property rights secured to them by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court brushed these claims aside and granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The plaintiffs now appeal. After careful…
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