GOSSMAN v. ALLEN

No. 91-5547.

950 F.2d 338 (1991)

Catherine GOSSMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dr. David T. ALLEN; Chris Gorman; Irv Maze; Darryl Owens; and Harvey Sloane, Defendants-Appellants, Louisville & Jefferson County Board of Health; Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Banaszynski (briefed) and Oliver H. Barber, Jr. (argued), Gittleman & Barber, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee.

David A. Brill, Samuel H. DeShazer (argued and briefed), Goldberg & Simpson, and Stuart L. Adams, Jr. (argued and briefed), Rich, Adams, Sisney & D'Ambrosio, Louisville, Ky., for defendants-appellants.

Before MILBURN and GUY, Circuit Judges, and GRAHAM, District Judge.


RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, a former public employee, brought this state law and First Amendment action against her former county agency and several county officials, alleging that she was terminated for statements she made to the media, the public, and a court. The officials appeal the district court's denial of their motions for summary judgment on the ground of qualified immunity. Finding that the illegality of the officials' alleged actions...

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