DOSSETT v. FIRST STATE BANK

No. 03-2624.

399 F.3d 940 (2005)

Betty Lou DOSSETT, Appellant, v. FIRST STATE BANK, Loomis, Nebraska, Appellee. Betty Lou Dossett, Appellant, v. Lauritzen Corporation, doing business as Financial Services Company, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Chaloupka, argued, Scottsbluff, NE (Maren Lynn Chaloupka, on the brief), for appellant.

Roger L. Shiffermiller, argued, Omaha, NE (Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., Timothy J. Thalken, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, RILEY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Betty Lou Dossett brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against her former employer, First State Bank of Loomis, Nebraska, ("Bank") and the Lauritzen Corporation ("Lauritzen"). Dossett claimed that the defendants conspired with the Loomis School District ("School District") to terminate her employment at the Bank in retaliation for her exercising the constitutional right to freedom of speech at a public school board meeting...

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