BREAUX v. CITY OF GARLAND

No. 98-10638.

205 F.3d 150 (2000)

Allen BREAUX and Joe Ambrogio, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellants, v. CITY OF GARLAND, et al., Defendants, City of Garland, Defendant-Appellee, Terry Hensley and Ron Holifield, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn Ryan Budner, Jeffrey Scott Levinger (argued), Stephanie M. Dooley (argued), Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, TX, for Breaux and Ambrogio.

Luther T. Munford (argued), Kari Louise Foster, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, Clyde Moody Siebman, Siebman & Siebman, Sherman, TX, for Holifield.

James K. Peden, III (argued), Gary C. Crapster, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, TX, for Hensley.

Michael Vance Powell (argued), April Renee Maurer, Locke, Liddell & Sapp, Dallas, TX, Charles M. Hinton, Jr., City Atty., Ronald Bradford Neighbor, First Asst. City Atty., William Frank Glazer, Asst. City Atty., Garland, TX, for City of Garland.

Before JONES and WIENER, Circuit Judges, and WALTER District Judge.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the First Amendment retaliation claims of two police officers against the City of Garland ("City"), its former Police Chief, and its former City Manager. Officers Allen Breaux and Joe Ambrogio (the "Plaintiffs") argue that Terry Hensley and Ron Holifield (the "individual Defendants"), and later the City, violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by retaliating against the Plaintiffs for making public allegations of corruption...

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