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JORDAN v. ECTOR COUNTY

No. 06-51445.

516 F.3d 290 (2008)

Donna JORDAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ECTOR COUNTY; Janis Morgan, individually arid in her official capacity as Ector County District Clerk, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 1, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Carney (argued), Midland, TX, for Jordan.

Pat Long Weaver (argued), Abigal W. Sikes, Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Midland, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Donna Jordan brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Ector County and Janis Morgan (Defendants), the Ector County District Clerk and her former boss, alleging that Morgan fired her in retaliation for her exercise of her First Amendment rights. The case went to trial; the jury found for Jordan and awarded her damages. We affirm.

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When the longtime Ector County District Clerk decided against seeking...

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