Legal Opinion
Jeanette L. Zold v. Township of Mantua, Mayor William "Bill" Good, Committeeman Ehrlen Jacoby, Committeeman John Mayberry
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 24, 1991No. 90-5513PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Chief Judge.
In this appeal we revisit the application of the Supreme Court’s decisions holding that firing of state and municipal employees for political purposes violates the First Amendment. In a suit filed by the former deputy municipal clerk of Mantua Township, the district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment, holding that the Township Committee could properly consider the deputy clerk’s political affiliation in failing to reappoint her. Plaintiff appeals, arguing that the district court erred as a matter of law.
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