David Chamberlin, et al v. Stoughton, MA, et al

Filing 920100617

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = 'Of the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation.\
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var WPFootnote2 = ' Plaintiffs alleged that they were subjected to a campaign of retaliatory harassment based\
on their protected conduct. Their retaliation claims were brought under the Massachusetts\
Whistleblower Statute, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 185(b), the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, id.\
ch. 12, § 11I, and the federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, based on the First Amendment.\
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var WPFootnote3 = ' The Seventh Amendment provides: "In Suits at common law, where the value in\
controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried\
by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the\
rules of the common law." \
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