U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2011

The court affirmed dismissal of the detectives’ claim-specific, no-fault nondisclosure claim because it was not clearly established in 1972 that police officers themselves owed the disclosure obligation at issue, but reversed dismissal of Haley’s claim that the detectives deliberately suppressed evidence to help…

The court held that the amended complaint plausibly alleged that each defendant knew the workers’ political affiliations and that their affiliations substantially motivated their terminations.