CATLETTI EX REL. ESTATE OF CATLETTI v. RAMPE

Docket Nos. 02-7775(L), 02-7793(CON).

334 F.3d 225 (2003)

Antionette CATLETTI as administratrix of the ESTATE OF Theodore J. CATLETTI, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph RAMPE, sued in his individual capacity, County of Orange, H. Frank Bigger, sued in his individual capacity, and John E. Thompson, sued in his individual capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Bergstein, Thornton, Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP, Chester, N.Y. for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Yvonne E. Marciano, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, (Robert J. Alessi, John D. Hoggan, Jr., on the brief), Albany, N.Y. for Defendant-Appellant Joseph Rampe.

Clare M. Sproule, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellants H. Frank Bigger & John E. Thompson.

David L. Posner, McCabe & Mack LLP, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant County of Orange.

Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, JACOBS, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.


JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Chief Judge.

Antionette Catletti, administratrix of the estate of Theodore J. Catletti ("Catletti"), brought suit against defendants Joseph Rampe, H. Frank Bigger and John E. Thompson, public officials in Orange County, New York, and against the County of Orange, alleging that defendants had violated Theodore Catletti's constitutional right of free speech by dismissing him from the post of jail administrator in retaliation for his truthful testimony...

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