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HOWCROFT v. CITY OF PEABODY

No. 98-P-2151.

51 Mass. App. Ct. 573 (2001)

FREDERICK HOWCROFT v. CITY OF PEABODY & others.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Conley (Edward L. Sweda with him) for the plaintiff.

Lawrence J. O'Keefe, City Solicitor (Jonathan Blodgett & Austin Joyce with him) for City of Peabody & others.

Present: BROWN, GILLERMAN, & DUFFLY, JJ.

GILLERMAN, J.

The plaintiff Frederick Howcroft, formerly a police officer employed by the city of Peabody, brought this action against the city of Peabody and several Peabody police officers, claiming principally that his First Amendment right to speak out on a matter of public interest had been infringed by the retaliatory acts of the defendants. See Pickering v. Board of Educ., 391 U.S. 563, 568 (1968); Kennedy

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