DEREMO v. WATKINS

No. 90-3503.

939 F.2d 908 (1991)

Bonnie DEREMO, Brenda Mills, Joyce Fox, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. James C. WATKINS, Individually & as Clerk of the Circuit Court for Lake County, Lake County, Robert McKee, in his official capacity as Chief Deputy Clerk, Don Peroddy, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard G. Butler, Meyers & Mooney, P.A., Orlando, Fla., Courtney Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David V. Kornreich, Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell & Casey, P.A., Orlando, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before ANDERSON and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants Bonnie Deremo, Joyce Fox, and Brenda Mills, former employees of the Circuit Court for Lake County, Florida, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging, inter alia, that their termination on the basis of protected speech violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. At the close of plaintiffs' case, the district court directed a verdict in favor of appellees James Watkins, Clerk...

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