TALLEY v. FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

No. 95-240.

903 P.2d 789 (1995)

Frank TALLEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, a Community College organized by the voters of Flathead County, Montana, on April 7, 1967, according to the Community College Law of the 1965 Montana Legislative Assembly; Howard L. Fryett, Individually and as President of Flathead Valley Community College; Dennis P. Adams, Individually and as Dean of Educational Services of Flathead Valley Community College; Lowell Jaeger, Individually and as the Chairman of the Division of Humanities of Flathead Valley Community College; and Does 1 through 5, inclusive, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 29, 1995.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Eugene Atherton, E. Eugene Atherton, P.C., Kalispell, for appellant.

Todd A. Hammer, Warden, Christiansen, Johnson & Berg, Kalispell, for respondents.


TURNAGE, Chief Justice.

Frank Talley appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, on his free speech claim. We affirm.

The issue is whether the District Court erred in granting defendants' motion for summary judgment on the free speech claim and denying Talley's motion for summary judgment on the same claim.

From 1982 until 1989, Talley was employed under a series of term contracts as a part-time...

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