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PILKINGTON v. BEVILACQUA

No. 77-1511.

590 F.2d 386 (1979)

Robert PILKINGTON et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Joseph J. BEVILACQUA et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest L. Avila, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., with whom Julius C. Michaelson, Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Lynette Labinger, Providence, R. I., with whom Abedon, Stanzler, Biener, Skolnik & Lipsey, John M. Roney and Mann & Roney, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

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

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed on the law and the facts ably set out in the district court's opinion. See Pilkington v. Bevilacqua, 439 F.Supp. 465 (D.R.I.1977). Appellants' challenges to the trial court's factual findings do not approach a demonstration of clear error. Nor do appellants present any substantial legal questions. We agree with the trial court that fear of public exposure of previous intra-agency criticism...

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