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DiPIRO v. TAFT

No. 78-1087.

584 F.2d 1 (1978)

Peter DiPIRO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James L. TAFT, Mayor, City of Cranston, Earl Croft, Director of Personnel, City of Cranston, and Thomas Powers, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1978.

As Amended October 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Gonnella, Providence, R. I., for appellant.

Joseph A. Kelly, Providence, R. I., with whom Carroll, Kelly & Murphy, Providence, R. I., was on brief, for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Peter DiPiro appeals from a jury verdict finding that he was not impermissibly denied equal protection of the laws when the Mayor of the City of Cranston, Rhode Island, appointed William Maine rather than DiPiro to the position of fire chief. The complaint was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Parties defendant were the Mayor, the Director of Personnel, and a former Fire Chief of the City of Cranston.

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