George Zilich v. Thomas Longo David Mack Nancy Marincic Rose Marie Lovano Joseph Suster Michael Abella and Wilhelm Spiegelberg

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• concluding that a city council’s legislative resolution criticizing a departing council member is not a material adverse action
• noting that “[t]he law is well settled in this Circuit that retaliation under color of law for the exercise of First Amendment rights is unconstitutional, and ‘retaliation claims’ have been asserted in various factual scenarios”
• finding “physical threats, harassment and vandalism” to be sufficient adverse actions to support a First Amendment retaliation claim
• “No reasonable official could possibly believe that it is constitutionally permissible to retaliate against a political opponent with physical threats. . . .”
• “The law is well-settled in this Circuit that retaliation under color of law for the exercise of First Amendment rights is unconstitutional and retaliation claims have been asserted in various factual scenarios.”

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