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WASHINGTON v. NORMANDY FIRE PROTECTION DISTR.

No. 02-3073.

328 F.3d 400 (2003)

Joseph WASHINGTON, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. NORMANDY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, By and Through District, and By and Through its Board of Directors, To Wit: Brian G. Quinlisk; Robert J. Lee, Sr.; Roy W. Kessler, individually and in their official capacities; John Irwin, individually and his official capacity as Shop Steward for Local 2665; Ronald Fritz; Dale Dillingham; Danny Newberry, individually and in their official capacity as the Grievance Committee for the Normandy Shop of Local 2665, Defendants/Appellees, Anthony Glover, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 2, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Althea P. Johns, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

Bryan M. Groh, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this civil rights action, Joseph Washington alleges that his demotion and subsequent termination from the Normandy Fire Protection District violated his First Amendment right to free speech. A jury found against Washington, and he appeals, arguing that the district court1 erred by submitting a "business judgment" instruction to the jury, by excluding the testimony of three of his witnesses, and by granting a...

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