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THOMPSON v. ADAMS

No. 00-2051.

268 F.3d 609 (2001)

Don THOMPSON and Caryl Thompson, Appellants, v. Carl ADAMS, Ed Bean, Niels Eskildsen, Harry Graham, and Doug VanDeMark, Sr., Each Individually and In His Capacity as City Councilman; Bob Doolin, Individually and In His Capacity as Mayor; and City of Bull Shoals, A Political Subdivision of the State of Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Kester, argued, Fayetteville, AR (John P. Lewis, Hot Springs, AR, on the brief), for appellant.

Shane Perry, argued, North Little Rock, AR (Roy Danuser, Bull Shoals, AR, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, and BOWMAN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Approximately five weeks after Caryl Thompson addressed the city council of Bull Shoals, Arkansas, with respect to actions of various council members that she felt were unlawful, the mayor, with the support of the council, fired her husband, Don Thompson, from his position as city street superintendent. He had worked for the city for twenty years.

The Thompsons sued the city...

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