O'CONNOR v. STEEVES

No. 92-2134.

994 F.2d 905 (1993)

Patrick J. O'CONNOR, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Robert W. STEEVES, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Denver with whom Neil Rossman and Rossman, Rossman & Eschelbacher, Boston, MA, were on brief for plaintiff, appellant.

John Foskett with whom Deutsch, Williams, Brooks, DeRensis, Holland & Drachman, P.C., Nancy Merrick, Merrick & Louison, Charles H. Riley, Jr. and Ganz, Ham & Riley, Boston, MA, were on brief for defendants, appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Patrick O'Connor, former Superintendent of Public Works for the Town of Nahant, Massachusetts ("Town"), was discharged following an extended feud with Selectman Robert Steeves. O'Connor sued the Town and its three selectmen — Steeves, Harry Edwards and Richard Lombard — for violating his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and political association. The district court granted summary judgment for all defendants.

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