PARRISH v. NIKOLITS

No. 95-4807.

86 F.3d 1088 (1996)

Barbara PARRISH, Dennis Wetzel, and Robert Lucas, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gary R. NIKOLITS, individually and in his official capacity as the Property Appraiser of Palm Beach County, Florida, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick W. Ford, Jupiter, FL, for appellants.

Hector R. Rivera, Terry S. Bienstock, Bienstock & Clark, Miami, FL, for appellee.

Before CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Barbara Parrish, Dennis Wetzel and Robert Lucas appeal the district court's grant of Gary Nikolits's motion for summary judgment in both his individual and official capacities on their claim that Nikolits violated their First Amendment rights by firing them because they supported Nikolits's opponent in a recent election.1 Parrish, Wetzel and Lucas were longtime employees of the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser...

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