Legal Opinion
Goldberg v. Whitman
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 8, 1989No. Civ. H-88-840(AHN)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
NEVAS, District Judge.
Plaintiff has brought this 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 action against the Town Manager, Mayor, members of the Town Council of Rocky Hill (collectively, the “individual defendants”) in their official capacities and the Town of Rocky Hill for eliminating his position as a supernumerary police officer. He alleges that the defendants eliminated his position and subjected him to various acts of harassment in retaliation for his support of the Rocky Hill Police Chief in a controversy that involved allegations of “pervasive racism” asserted…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Rini v. ZwirnDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
- Goldberg v. Town of Rocky HillCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Goldberg v. Town Of Rocky HillCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992