LAWLESS v. TOWN OF FREETOWN

No. 21-1251.

63 F.4th 61 (2023)

Diane LAWLESS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. TOWN OF FREETOWN, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Padolsky , with whom Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff, LLP was on brief, for appellants.

Chip Muller , with whom Muller Law, LLC was on brief, for appellee.

Before Kayatta and Howard, Circuit Judges, and Walker, District Judge.


The Appellants, three members of the Town of Freetown Board of Selectmen, ask us to review a summary judgment order that rejected their affirmative defense of qualified immunity against Appellee Diane Lawless's procedural due process claim. For reasons that follow, we reverse in part the district court's summary judgment...

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