HARNETT v. ULETT

No. 71-1488.

466 F.2d 113 (1972)

Carolyn HARNETT, Appellant, v. George A. ULETT et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Gilden, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Kermit W. Almstedt, Asst. Atty. Gen., John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Morris J. Levin, St. Louis, Mo., for National Assn. of Social Workers, Inc.

David Scribner, New York City, General Counsel for National Assn. of Social Workers, Inc. for amicus curiae.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, and MEHAFFY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Carolyn Harnett, a former social worker and employee at the Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, a Missouri State hospital, appeals following an adverse jury decision in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against two supervisors and the director of the hospital for unlawfully discharging her in retaliation for exercising her Constitutional rights of free speech. Harnett claims that the trial court erred in two respects: In dismissing...

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