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SILVA v. WORDEN

No. 96-2165.

130 F.3d 26 (1997)

Kenneth SILVA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Lawrence D. WORDEN, Individually and as Commissioner for the City of New Bedford Department of Public Works, Rosemary Tierney, as Mayor, and the City of New Bedford, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip N. Beauregard, with whom Law Offices of Beauregard & Burke was on brief, for appellant.

Kevin J. Finnerty, Assistant City Solicitor, with whom Peter J. Thomas, Assistant City Solicitor was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and STEARNS, District Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Kenneth Silva appeals from a directed verdict on his claims alleging violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The First Amendment claims are that Silva was subjected to a ban on parking cars in a city employee parking lot when the cars carry political roof rack signs, that the ban was selectively enforced against him, and that the termination of his city employment was in retaliation for his support of his wife's political candidacy...

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