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COYNE v. CITY OF SOMERVILLE

No. 91-2191.

972 F.2d 440 (1992)

Robert P. COYNE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CITY OF SOMERVILLE, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan A. Lukey, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff, appellant.

Richard L. Neumeier with whom Robert L. Farrell and Harry A. Pierce, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's order dismissing plaintiff Coyne's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action and state law claims against defendants. We affirm.

I.

We discuss only so much of the background of this case as is necessary to provide context and support for our decision. Plaintiff Coyne has been employed by the Somerville public school system since 1969. Between 1979 and 1989, he sought four job promotions...

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