JOYCE v. TOWN OF DENNIS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura R. Studen , with whom Lawrence P. Murray , Jack S. Gearan , and Burns & Levinson LLP were on brief, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Leonard H. Kesten , with whom Deidre Brennan Regan and Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten, LLP were on brief, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Jonathan J. Margolis , Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz LLP, Ellen J. Messing , James S. Weliky , and Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, P.C. on brief for amicus curiae Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association.

Anne L. Josephson , Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP, Sarah Wunsch , and ACLU of Massachusetts on brief for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and the National Police Accountability Project.

Before HOWARD, RIPPLE, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.