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TAYLOR v. KEITH

No. 01-6460.

338 F.3d 639 (2003)

Dick I. TAYLOR and Robert J. Taylor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Chief of Police Phillip KEITH, in his individual and official capacity; Deputy Police Chief James R. Coker, in his individual and official capacity; Captain Dan Davis, in his individual and official capacity; Sergeant Gordon Catlett, Sr., in his individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed August 5, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert R. Carl, II, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Knoxville, TN, Diane Marie Messer (briefed), Wanda G. Sobieski (argued and briefed) Nanette J. Landen, Sobieski, Messer & Associates, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John A. Lucas (argued and briefed), HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Knoxville, Tennessee, Robert H. Watson, Jr., Watson & Hollow, Knoxville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Wanda G. Sobieski, Diane Marie Messer, SOBIESKI, MESSER & ASSOCIATES, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellants.

John A. Lucas, HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before KRUPANSKY, SILER and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

>Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, Sergeant Dick I. Taylor and Officer Robert J. Taylor, brought a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several City of Knoxville supervisory police officers in their individual and official capacities. The Taylors alleged that the defendants retaliated against them for the exercise of their First Amendment rights. The district court

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