District Court, D. Massachusetts January 22, 2004, CIV.A. 02-12223-RGS (Parow v. Kinnon)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF AND SUMMARY JUDGMENT

STEARNS, District Judge.

This First Amendment case pits seven Malden firefighters and their Union, Local 902 of the International Association of Fire Fighters (Union), against defendants Neil Kinnon, the Commissioner of the Malden Fire Department (Department), Richard Howard, the Mayor of Malden, and