Legal Opinion
Wojcik v. Massachusettts State Lottery Commission
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 20, 2002No. 01-2032PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Edward Wojcik (“Wojcik”) and his wife, Debra, brought suit against the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission (“Lottery Commission”) and a handful of Lottery Commission officials for damages arising out of Wojcik’s termination as a Lottery Commission employee. After dismissing the claims against one defendant on Eleventh Amendment grounds, the district court granted the remaining defendants’ motion for summary judgment on all of the claims under federal law. 1 The leftover state-law claims were dismissed without prejudice. On appeal, Wo-jcik claims error in…
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