Legal Opinion
Herbst v. Daukas
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 15, 1988No. Civ. H-88-323 (PCD)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
DORSEY, District Judge.
On May 19, 1988, plaintiff, a Lieutenant in the Rocky Hill Police Department, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Mayor, the Town Manager, and the members of the Town Council of Rocky Hill. Plaintiff challenges his demotion to the position of Sergeant and a pattern of harassment to which he alleges he has been subjected for more than a year as retaliation for his exercise of his first and fourteenth amendment rights in exposing “pervasive racism” within the Rocky Hill Police Department.
On June 28, 1988, defendants moved to…
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