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SAMES v. GABLE

Nos. 84-1020, 84-1028.

732 F.2d 49 (1984)

SAMES, Roger; Troccola, Dennis, Appellants in No. 84-1020, v. GABLE, Carson S.; Daddona, Joseph S.; City of Allentown, Appellants in No. 84-1028.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Peter Karoly, Jr. (argued), Karoly & Karoly, P.C., Allentown, Pa., for appellants.

Charles W. Craven (argued), Jo Fineman White, Robert G. Hanna, Jr., Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before HUNTER and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges, and GERRY, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Roger Sames and Dennis Troccola ("plaintiffs") are currently patrolmen on the Allentown, Pennsylvania police department. They commenced this civil rights action on March 18, 1982 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging that they were unlawfully demoted from their prior rank of sergeant. According to plaintiffs, their demotions were politically...

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