HARTLEY v. FINE

Nos. 84-1789, 84-2441.

780 F.2d 1383 (1985)

Jay K. HARTLEY, Appellee, v. Camden R. FINE, Ray S. James, Paul S. McNeill, and John T. Russell, Appellants. Jay K. HARTLEY, Appellant, v. Camden R. FINE, Ray S. James, Paul S. McNeill, and John T. Russell, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale C. Doerhoff, Jefferson City, Mo., and John R. Lewis, Springfield, Mo., for appellants.

Charles Blackmar, Kansas City, Mo., Alex Bartlett and Michael Boicourt, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Jay K. Hartley, former bureau manager of the Missouri Department of Revenue, brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking reinstatement and damages from his supervisors and a state senator (John T. Russell). Hartley alleges that the defendants terminated his employment for partisan political reasons in violation of his first amendment rights. After a trial in which the jury denied Hartley damages, and the district...

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