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PIERCE v. COTUIT FIRE DIST.

No. 13-1428.

741 F.3d 295 (2014)

David PIERCE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT; Board of Fire Commissioners of the Cotuit Fire District; Donald Campbell, Fire Commissioner of the Cotuit Fire Department, Ronald Mycock, Fire Commissioner of the Cotuit Fire Department; Peter Field, Fire Commissioner of the Cotuit Fire Department; Christopher Olsen, Fire Chief, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Lichten , with whom Sara Smolik and Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C. were on brief, for appellant.

Marielise Kelly , with whom Edward R. Gargiulo and Gargiulo/Rudnick, LLP were on brief, for appellees Cotuit Fire District, Board of Fire Commissioners of the Cotuit Fire District, Donald Campbell, Ronald Mycock and Peter Field, Fire Commissioners of the Cotuit Fire Department, and Christopher Olsen, Fire Chief.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, STAHL and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant David Pierce, former Captain of the Cotuit, Massachusetts Fire Department, brought a complaint against the Department, the Fire Chief, and the Board of Fire Commissioners, alleging political discrimination in violation of the First Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, whistleblowing retaliation in violation of the Massachusetts Whistleblower Act, and tortious interference with contractual relations. The district court entered...

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