George Zilich v. Thomas Longo David Mack Nancy Marincic Rose Marie Lovano Joseph Suster Michael Abella and Wilhelm Spiegelberg

MERRITT, Chief Judge.

The defendants, the mayor of a small Ohio town and other local officials, passed a city council resolution denouncing plaintiff, a former city council member, allegedly in retaliation for his political opposition to the mayor. The plaintiff also alleges threats of physical harm by defendants. Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 making numerous claims, three of which — a bill of attainder claim and two types of First Amendment claims — are the subject of this interlocutory appeal. The district court denied defendants’ summary judgment motion based on qualified…