J. Blaine Lewis v. Bruce D. Cowen, Roland H. Lange, and William v. Hickey, Individually

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1999-01-15

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WALKER, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff-appellee J. Blaine Lewis, the person in charge of Connecticut’s lottery, was fired by his supervisors for refusing to publicly support a change in the lottery. Claiming a deprivation of his First Amendment rights, he won a substantial jury verdict in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Alfred V. Covello, Chief District Judge). The defendants-appellants,…

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