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- Title: Savarese v. Agriss
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Release Date : January 31, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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This action, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. §Â§ 1331 and 1343, was brought by John Savarese and Edward Flaxman against their former employer, the Monroe County Transportation Authority ("MCTA"). The defendants include the MCTA, six out of seven members of the MCTAs Board of Directors (including William Agriss, Dan Bogen, Thomas Bonser, Martha Kitchen, Wayne Mazur and John Neff), the County of Monroe, two of the three commissioners of Monroe County (including James Cadue and Thomas Joyce) and the solicitor of the MCTA (Marc Wolfe). App. at 154. The plaintiffs alleged a deprivation of certain rights under the first and fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution. Specifically, they alleged the defendants fired them based on their political beliefs and in retaliation for a legal action filed by Savarese against various defendants. Because we determine that the district court properly admitted certain statements which defendants allege are hearsay, we will affirm the liability portion of the judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. However, because we determine that the district courts orders regarding various damage awards were erroneous, we will reverse those portions of the judgment.