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BARNHILL v. BOARD OF REGENTS

No. 89-0372.

158 Wis.2d 278 (1990)

462 N.W.2d 249

Glenn B. BARNHILL, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UW SYSTEM: Harry P. Sharp, Director, Wisconsin Survey Research Laboratory, UW-Extension, Robert Lee, Field Director, Wisconsin Survey Research Laboratory, UW-Extension, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on briefs of Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, with Robert D. Repasky, assistant attorney general. Oral argument by Robert D. Repasky.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on briefs of Borns, Macaulay & Jacobson, by Jacqueline Macaulay, of Madison. Oral argument by Jacqueline Macaulay.

Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Sundby, J.

GARTZKE, P.J.

Harry Sharp and Robert Lee appeal from a judgment for $80,665.87 against them in favor of Glenn Barnhill. Barnhill claims they discharged him from his job with the University of Wisconsin-Extension Survey Research Laboratory (WSRL) in retaliation for speech protected by the first amendment to the United States Constitution.

The issues are whether: (1) Sharp and Lee violated Barnhill's first amendment rights of free speech; (2) Sharp and Lee are...

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