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MULHERIN v. O'BRIEN

No. 78-1187.

588 F.2d 853 (1978)

Alice MULHERIN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John L. O'BRIEN, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Ronan, Salem, Mass., with whom Henry C. Porter, Ronan & Harrington, and Jerome F. Twomey, Salem, Mass., were on brief, for appellants.

Robert B. Stimpson, Lynn, Mass., with whom Jaffee & Stimpson, Lynn, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before KUNZIG, Judge, Court of Claims, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, and DUMBAULD, District Judge.

DUMBAULD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants were employed in the office of the Register of Deeds for Essex County, Massachusetts. Defendant-appellee became Register of Deeds on or about January 3, 1977, and a month later each of plaintiffs received a letter stating "Due to unsatisfactory job performance, your employment at the Salem Registry of Deeds is terminated herewith." They brought suit (presumably under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, though the Complaint states...

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