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MEKSS v. WYOMING GIRLS' SCHOOL

No. 89-235.

813 P.2d 185 (1991)

Regina MEKSS, Appellant (Petitioner), v. WYOMING GIRLS' SCHOOL, STATE of WYOMING, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane A. Villemez, Graves, Santini & Villemez, P.C., Cheyenne, and Stephen L. Pevar, American Civil Liberties Union, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., John W. Renneisen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Karen A. Byrne, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before URBIGKIT, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ.

THOMAS, Justice.

This appeal involves the delicate balance between a governmental employee's right of free speech and the authority of government officials to manage their offices. The court must decide whether the appellant, Regina Mekss (Mekss), was discharged unlawfully from her position as a bookkeeper at the Wyoming Girls' School (School) because of the exercise of her right of free speech, or whether she was discharged...

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