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ELWOOD v. PINA

No. 85-1630.

815 F.2d 173 (1987)

Simonne ELWOOD and Cheryl A. Pimental, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Ronald PINA and Lucia Cardoso, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard J. Clark with whom Jeffrey Petrucelly and Petrucelly & Nadler, P.C., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Alexander G. Gray, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants were clerical employees at the District Attorney's office in Bristol County, Massachusetts. They instituted a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the district attorney, Pina, and against his administrative assistant, Cardoso, contending that they were fired from their positions either for not supporting Pina's re-election campaign or because they supported his political opponents. The case was tried both under the first...

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