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GREEN v. PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 95-1908.

105 F.3d 882 (1997)

Donald GREEN, Appellant v. PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY; William Bergman, Interim Chief of Police; Daniel Rosenstein, Captain; John Cresci, Deputy Chief, in their Individual and Official Capacities as Officials of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1997.

As Amended March 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rudovsky (argued), Kairys, Rudovsky, Kalman, Epstein & Messing, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

M. Kevin Hubbard (argued), Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees.

Before: SCIRICA and ROTH, Circuit Judges and RESTANI, Judge, Court of International Trade.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

The Philadelphia Housing Authority transferred one of its police officers from special drug enforcement duty to regular patrol duty after his appearance at a bail hearing as a character witness for a reputed organized crime associate. The officer contends his transfer violated his free speech and association rights. At trial, after the close of all evidence, the district...

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