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HOOPES v. NACRELLI

Civ. A. No. 79-1246.

512 F.Supp. 363 (1981)

William J. HOOPES v. John H. NACRELLI, Individually and as Mayor of the City of Chester and President of the City Council of the City of Chester Clinton L. Johnson, Michael D. Macneilly, Alexander V. Osowski, James L. Sharp, Each individually and as Councilmen of the City of Chester.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter I. Breslin, Ridley Park, Pa., for plaintiff.

Arthur Levy, Media, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

William Hoopes, plaintiff in this civil rights action, was Chief of Police for the City of Chester from March 1977 to November 1978. He was demoted to the rank of inspector after testifying against former Chester Mayor John Nacrelli at Nacrelli's federal criminal trial on corruption charges. Hoopes is suing Nacrelli and the members of Chester City Council under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on the ground that they fired him in retaliation...

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