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GOLDSTEIN v. CHESTNUT RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE CO.

Nos. 99-1089, 99-1180.

218 F.3d 337 (2000)

Scott GOLDSTEIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CHESTNUT RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY; Richard Yaffee; Ross McCausland; Harry Kakel; William Newberrey, III; Michael Fox; Eugene Reynolds; Nick Coroneos, Defendants-Appellees. Scott Goldstein, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company; Richard Yaffee; Ross McCausland; Harry Kakel; William Newberrey, III; Michael Fox; Eugene Reynolds; Nick Coroneos, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles Grant Byrd, Jr., Alston & Byrd, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Jo Anna Schmidt, Law Office of Harold A. MacLaughlin, Baltimore, Maryland; Roger Norman Powell, Powell and Sorrell, Pikesville, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, KING, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Scott H. Goldstein appeals the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company ("Chestnut Ridge" or "the company") and the individual members of its Executive Committee, the defendants below. Mr. Goldstein alleges that he was suspended and later terminated from Chestnut Ridge based on the substance of his speech, in violation of the First Amendment. Inasmuch as Goldstein...

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