U.S. v. BRISSETTE

No. 18-1254.

919 F.3d 670 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Kenneth BRISSETTE; Timothy Sullivan, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall E. Kromm , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellant.

Sara E. Silva , with whom William H. Kettlewell and Hogan Lovells US LLP, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellee Kenneth Brissette.

Thomas R. Kiley , with whom William J. Cintolo , Meredith G. Fierro , and Cosgrove Eisenberg & Kiley, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellee Timothy Sullivan.

Paul F. Kelly , Donald J. Siegel , Jasper Groner , Segal Roitman LLP, Boston, MA, Michael T. Anderson , and Murphy Anderson PLLC on brief for Members of Congress representing Greater Boston, amici curiae.

Before Torruella, Kayatta, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


In 2015, two officials of the City of Boston, Massachusetts (the "City") allegedly threatened to withhold permits from a production company that needed them to put on a music festival, unless the company agreed to hire additional workers from a specific union to work at the event...

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