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BELL v. LACKAWANNA COUNTY

Civil Action Nos. 3:08-CV-1926, 3:08-CV-737.

892 F.Supp.2d 647 (2012)

Thomas J. BELL, Anthony Bernardi, Joseph DeAntona, Joseph McCawley, Jayme Morano, Patrick O'Malley, Nicholas Parise, Dominick Rinaldi, Dominic Romanini, Bruce Smallacombe, Charles Spano, William Tonkin, Jr., Thomas Galella III, Gary Propersi, and Thomas Harrison, Plaintiffs, v. LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Corey O'Brien and Michael Washo, Defendants. Kenneth Kovaleski and Thomas Bradley, Plaintiffs v. Lackawanna County, Corey O'Brien and Michael Washo, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

August 31, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry H. Dyller, Kelly A. Bray, Law Office of Barry H. Dyller, Shelley L. Centini, Shelly L. Centini, Esq., Wilkes-Barre, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Deborah H. Simon, Timothy T. Myers, Elliott, Greenleaf & Siedzikowski, Blue Bell, PA, Joel M. Wolff, Joseph J. Joyce, III, Shanna W. Williamson, Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski, P.C., James A. Doherty, Jr., Scanlon, Howley, Scanlon & Doherty, Scranton, PA, John G. Dean, Elliott Greenleaf & Dean, Wilkes-Barre, PA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM

CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER, District Judge.

Shortly after a new administration took office in Lackawanna County in January of 2008, the seventeen plaintiffs in these two actions, all of whom were County employees who supported the prior administration, were terminated. They claim that Democratic County Commissioners Corey O'Brien and Michael Washo terminated them because of their affiliation with the Republican party, in violation of their First...

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