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Third Circuit· 4/24/1984

Laskaris v. Thornburgh

Citations

  • 733 F.2d 260
  • 38 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1467

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  • entering judgment in favor of defendants, and emphasizing that “there is simply insufficient evidence to show that any of the defendants knew that [the plaintiffs] were Democrats”
  • affirming grant of summary judgment where evidence showed only “a vague aura of politically motivated patronage firings” and where a verdict for the plaintiffs “could only have been speculative”
  • \[W]e must decide whether [plaintiffs] adduced sufficient evidence from which a jury could reasonably find that their political affiliation was a substantial or motivating factor in their discharge.\
  • “Without that knowledge [that plaintiffs were Democrats] as a predicate, the fact that Diehl, who was a Republican, replaced Laskaris, cannot by itself support an inference that Laskaris's discharge was politically motivated.”
  • “[W]e must decide whether [plaintiffs] adduced sufficient evidence from which a jury could reasonably find that their political affiliation was a substantial or motivating factor in their discharge.”
  • “Without that knowledge [that plaintiffs were Democrats] as a predicate, the fact that Diehl, who was a Republican, replaced Laskaris, cannot by itself support an inference that Laskaris’s discharge was politically motivated.”

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Judges: Adams, Garth

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