MORRIS v. CITY OF CHILLICOTHE

No. 06-3995.

512 F.3d 1013 (2008)

Russell J. MORRIS, Appellant, v. CITY OF CHILLICOTHE; Richard L. Krouse; D. John Edwards; Charles Haney; Earle Teegarden; Maurice Zion; and Pam Jarding, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey W. Bruce, argued, Belton, MO, for appellant.

Joseph R. Colantuano, argued, Leawood, KS (Katherine A. Worthington, Katherine I. Tracy, on the brief), for appellees.

Before BYE, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Russell J. Morris brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the police chief of the Chillicothe, Missouri, Police Department ("the department"), various Chillicothe city council members, and the City of Chillicothe (collectively the defendants)1 terminated him in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment right of freedom of association with an attorney. The district court

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