MARQUEZ v. TURNOCK

No. 89-3185.

765 F.Supp. 1376 (1991)

Anthony MARQUEZ, Plaintiff, v. Bernard TURNOCK, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

June 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Lee Leahy, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff.

Lance T. Jones, Gordon & Glickson, P.C., Springfield, Ill., for defendants.


OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

The First Amendment and public employees.

Does the First Amendment mean that the state, as an employer, must sit idly by while a public employee, motivated by jealousy and a difference of professional opinion, acts to undermine his supervisor and his employer?

No!

Verdict is directed in favor of Defendants.

This court is aware, of course, that a verdict should be directed only if the...

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