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BARRY v. MORAN

No. 10-1607.

661 F.3d 696 (2011)

Denise M. BARRY; Elizabeth H. Golden; Patricia J. McDonough; Elaine Mesiti; Lila Brown; Mary M. Kane; and Judith A. Kelley, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Robert J. MORAN; Paul A. Christian; William Kessler; William Hitchcock; Ronald Keating; Roderick Fraser; Joseph Finn; John Doe and/or Jane Does 1-50; and City of Boston Fire Department, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Feeney , with whom Feeney & Associates at Law were on brief, for appellants.

Dawn M. Beauchesne , Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Ian D. Prior was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, BOUDIN, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

In this civil rights suit, appellants allege that a pattern of cronyism and nepotism in the employment decisions of the Boston Fire Department ("BFD" or "Department") rose to the level of actionable political discrimination in violation of the First Amendment. Appellants Denise Barry, Elizabeth Golden, Patricia McDonough, Elaine Mesiti, Lila Brown, Mary Kane and Judith Kelley are civilian employees of the BFD. Along with another employee,

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