CHAPPEL v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION

No. 96-5328.

131 F.3d 564 (1997)

Robert CHAPPEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 1; Montgomery County Ambulance District, Defendants, Wayne Welch; Roger Minnich; Wendell Walters; George Updike; Philip Welch; John T. Lane; Shoen McCormick; Stanley Schwartz; Thomas C. Thornberry; Dr. Gregory Jones, in their individual capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sun S. Choy (argued and briefed), James M. Burd and R. Allen Button (briefed), Williams & Wagoner, Louisville, KY, for Defendants-Appellants.

Debra Ann Doss (argued and briefed), Lexington, KY, Elizabeth J. Turley (briefed), Jackson & Watts, Versailles, KY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: MERRITT, RYAN, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Robert Chappel filed a complaint alleging, in part, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that the defendants violated the First Amendment by taking various retaliatory actions against him after he criticized the defendants for mismanagement, corruption, and unethical behavior. The defendants filed a joint motion for summary judgment on the merits or, in the alternative, on the basis of qualified immunity. The district court denied the defendants...

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