BARNARD v. JACKSON COUNTY, MO.

No. 93-3758.

43 F.3d 1218 (1995)

James A. BARNARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI; Ed Growney, individually and in his official capacity as Jackson County legislator; James D. Tindall, individually and in his official capacity as Jackson County legislator; Mary Lou Smith, individually and in her official capacity as Jackson County legislator; Robert Hertzog, individually and in his official capacity as Jackson County legislator; Carol Coe, individually and in her official capacity as Jackson County legislator; Fred Arbanas, individually and in his official capacity as Jackson County legislator; Dennis Waits, individually and in his official capacity as Jackson County legislator, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied February 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Hobson, Kansas City, MO, argued (Ronald Stites, on the brief), for appellant.

J. Earlene Farr, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellee Jackson County; Thomas F. Gordon, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellees Hertzog, Smith and Arbanas (F. Russell Millin, on the brief).

Before LOKEN, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and HANSEN, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied February 17, 1995.

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

James Barnard appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment to Jackson County and seven individual legislators on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 cause of action, which alleged retaliatory discharge in violation of his First Amendment rights. Barnard argues that the district court misapplied the applicable law in determining that no genuine factual issue...

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