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WAGNER v. DEVINE

No. 96-2315.

122 F.3d 53 (1997)

Robert WAGNER and Margaret Wagner, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Patricia DEVINE, Kevin A. Jourdain, Charles E. Moran, III, Arthur Therrien, John E. Whelihan, The City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, The International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 388, and The International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart T. Graham, Jr., Hampden, MA, for appellants.

John H. Fitz-Gibbon with whom Harry L. Miles, Northampton, MA, was on brief for appellees Devine, Jourdain, Moran, Whelihan and the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Lawrence D. Humphrey, Quincy, MA, for appellees Therrien, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 388, and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers.

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

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Robert Wagner, former chief of police in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims that his First Amendment freedom of political association was violated when members of the city council and others subjected him to severe harassment, ultimately forcing him to resign, because of his political support for the city's mayor. He filed this lawsuit alleging federal constitutional and state law claims.1 The district...

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