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HOFFMANN v. MAYOR, COUNCILMEN & CITIZENS OF CITY OF LIBERTY

No. 89-2390.

905 F.2d 229 (1990)

John W. HOFFMANN, Appellant, v. The MAYOR, COUNCILMEN AND CITIZENS OF the CITY OF LIBERTY; and David A. Warm, Individually and as City Administrator and Personnel Officer of the City of Liberty, Mo.; and Ed Collins, Individually and as Chief of Police of the City of Liberty, Mo., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Helfand, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Claudia J. York, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

John Hoffmann was fired from the police force of Liberty, Missouri (the "City"), in 1986. He was later rehired into another position after the City's Grievance Review Board heard his case and ordered rescission of the firing. Hoffmann sued the City under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) for violation of his first amendment rights, claiming he had been rehired to a lower position as retaliation for his grievance filing. The district...

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