MITCHUM v. HURT

No. 94-3358.

73 F.3d 30 (1995)

Kenneth L. MITCHUM, Deborah L. Webb, Steven J. Krumholz, Colleen M. Evans, for themselves in their own right, and on behalf of employees and patients of the Veterans Administration Center, Highland Drive, Appellants, v. Reedes HURT, Daniel P. Van Kammen, Dennis M. Lewis, Janis A. Domzal, Valerie Delise, Pamela Jackson-Malik, Robert Picirelli, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1995.

Sur Petition for Rehearing March 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Pushinsky (argued), Michael L. Rosenfield, Pittsburgh, for Appellants.

Frederick W. Thieman, United States Attorney, Michael L. Ivory (argued), Assistant U.S. Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Appellees.

Before COWEN, NYGAARD, and ALITO, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by three current or former employees of the Veterans Administration Medical Center ("VAMC") in Pittsburgh, who filed an action against VAMC administrators, claiming, among other things, that the administrators had violated the employees' First Amendment rights by retaliating against them for making statements intended to secure improvements for VAMC patients. The employees sought injunctive and...

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