Legal Opinion
Clark v. Township of Falls
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 22, 1989No. Nos. 89-1226, 89-1227, 89-1228PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
I
This appeal marks the latest skirmish in a regrettable and unseemly decade-long battle between appellee David Clark, on one hand, and one faction of supervisors and other officials in the Township of Falls, Pennsylvania, on the other hand. Over the years Clark, a lieutenant in the township police department, and appellants, the Township, Chief of Police James Kettler, and Charles Chimera, a former member of the Township’s Board of Supervisors, have disagreed, often vehemently and vociferously, on the governance of the Township and of the police…
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