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MEANEY v. DEVER

No. 02-1783.

326 F.3d 283 (2003)

Paul J. MEANEY; Cheryl A. Meaney, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Robert M. DEVER, Individually and in his Capacity as Mayor of Woburn; Philip Mahoney, Individually and in his Capacity as Chief of Police for the City of Woburn Defendants, Appellants, City of Woburn, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 22, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Frisardi with whom Peabody & Arnold was on the brief for appellants.

Richard P. Mazzocca with whom Finneran, Byrne & Drechsler was on the brief for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, FARRIS, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether Woburn, Massachusetts, police officer Paul J. Meaney was lawfully disciplined for repeatedly blasting a borrowed truck's air horn after or near the conclusion of a union picket and during a municipal inauguration ceremony. Acting on cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court ruled that Meaney's conduct was within his free speech rights, and that Robert Dever (Woburn's Mayor) and Philip Mahoney...

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