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MAGRI v. GIARRUSSO

Civ. A. No. 74-1997.

379 F.Supp. 353 (1974)

Irvin L. MAGRI, Jr., and P.A.N.O., Local 641-N.U.P.O., AFL-CIO v. Clarence Benedict GIARRUSSO et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

August 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Krasnoff, Irwin R. Sanders, Michael S. Guillory, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff Irvin L. Magri, Jr.

Gerald Thomas LaBorde, John H. Brooks, LaBorde & Brooks, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff Policemen's Ass'n of New Orleans.

Jeffrey L. Kreisberg, Levin & Weissman, New York City, for National Union of Police Officers amicus curiae.

Blake G. Arata, City Atty., Frank J. Varela, Joel Loeffelholz, Michael A. Starks, Asst. City Attys., for defendants.

HEEBE, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff, Irvin L. Magri, Jr., was dismissed from his job as a sergeant with the New Orleans Police Department on July 18, 1974. As the letter of dismissal from the Superintendent of Police, Clarence B. Giarrusso, makes clear, this action was taken because of Magri's persistent public criticism of the superintendent, in violation of the regulations of the department. Suit was filed against the superintendent and the mayor, Moon Landrieu, pursuant...

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