HEANEY v. ROBERTS

No. 15-31088 Cons w/ 16-30189.

846 F.3d 795 (2017)

Tom HEANEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher L. ROBERTS; Parish of Jefferson, Defendants-Appellants. Tom Heaney, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Christopher L. Roberts, Defendant-Appellee, Ronald Black, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, City of Gretna, Defendant-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed January 23, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett John Prendergast, Esq. , New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Craig Robert Watson , Blue Williams, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before CLEMENT, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


This case involves consolidated appeals by multiple parties. Plaintiff Tom Heaney was silenced and then ejected at a city council meeting in Gretna, Louisiana. He alleged that the presiding official at the meeting, Defendant Christopher Roberts, violated his rights under the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution...

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