LAWRENCE v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 80-3321.

631 F.Supp. 631 (1982)

Frank E. LAWRENCE v. UNITED STATES of America, Interstate Commerce Commission, Anthony W. Bummara, Joel Burns, William Love and Lewis Teeple.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

On Motion for Summary Judgment December 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Lynch, Lawrence J. Fox and Louis T. Bologini, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

James G. Sheehan and Alexander Ewing, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants U.S., Anthony W. Bummara, Joel Burns, William Love and Lewis Teeple.

Charles A. Stark, I.C.C., Washington, D.C., for I.C.C.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HANNUM, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this case was formerly employed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. He seeks "compensatory and punitive damages, reinstatement, transfer and backpay for the intentional, wanton and malicious violation of his constitutional rights under the First Amendment."1 Presently before the Court is defendants' Amended Motion To Dismiss.

I. FACTS

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