Legal Opinion
Thomas F. Bennis, Roger J. MacLean v. Carson S. Gable, Joseph S. Daddona, City of Allentown
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 30, 1987No. 86-1596PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises a number of close questions growing out of the trial of a political patronage suit brought by the plaintiffs, two Allentown, Pennsylvania, policemen, against the Mayor, the Chief of Police, and the City of Allentown. Plaintiffs’ theory at trial was that the defendants had violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional and federal civil rights by demoting them from detective-sergeants to patrolmen in retaliation for their support of May- or Daddona’s political opposition in the 1977 and 1981 mayoral elections. Alternatively, the plaintiffs…
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