MAYHEW v. TOWN OF SMYRNA, TENNESSEE

No. 16-5103.

856 F.3d 456 (2017)

Mark W. MAYHEW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWN OF SMYRNA, TENNESSEE; Harry Gill, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 11, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Douglas B. Janney III , Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Robert M. Burns , HOWELL & FISHER, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Douglas B. Janney III , Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Robert M. Burns , Brooke McLeod Coplon , HOWELL & FISHER, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: GILMAN, GRIFFIN, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Mark Mayhew alleges the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, and its city manager, Harry Gill, terminated his employment in retaliation for engaging in two distinct acts protected by the First Amendment: reporting violations of federal and state regulatory requirements at the town's wastewater-treatment plant; and...

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