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BRASSLETT v. COTA

No. 84-1555.

761 F.2d 827 (1985)

Duane P. BRASSLETT, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Raymond J. COTA, Jr., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore S. Curtis, Jr., Orono, Me., with whom Curtis & Griffin, Orono, Me., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Andrew M. Mead, Bangor, Me., with whom Mitchell & Stearns, Bangor, Me., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before TORRUELLA and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

The action now on appeal before this court was instituted by Duane Brasslett, former fire chief of the Town of Orono, Maine. Brasslett sued the Town and the Town Manager, Raymond J. Cota, Jr., for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleged that the Town, through the action of the Manager, unlawfully discharged him in violation of his rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution when it terminated him in retaliation...

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