Welch v. Ciampa

How courts have described this case

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• holding that discrimination based on a perceived affiliation instead of an actual affiliation may suffice for a First Amendment violation
• holding that police chiefs decision not to reappoint a specialist could constitute official policy and thus a basis for the town’s section 1983 liability under Pembaur
• adding that municipal liability may turn on a single illegal act by an official possessing final policymaking authority over the relevant subject matter
• noting that after remaining neutral in a political controversy the plaintiff was replaced by a vocal supporter of new police chief
• noting that a plaintiff must rely on more than “conclusory allegations” to overcome summary judgment
• noting that a plaintiff must rely on more than “conclusory allegations” to overcome summary judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).