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SPRAGUE v. SPOKANE VALLEY FIRE DEPT.

No. 93800-8.

409 P.3d 160 (2018)

Jonathan J. SPRAGUE, a married man, Petitioner, v. SPOKANE VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT, a fire district; Mike Thompson and Linda Thompson, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed January 25, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Albrecht , David Knox DeWolf , Albrecht Law PLLC, 421 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 614, Spokane, WA, 99201-0402, George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm PLLC, 100 E. Broadway Ave., Moses Lake, WA, 98837-1740, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey R. Galloway , Michael J. McMahon , Etter McMahon Lamberson Van Wert & Oresk, 618 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 210 Spokane, WA, 99201-5048, for Respondent.

Conrad Reynoldson , Washington Civil & Disability Advocate, 3513 Ne. 45th St. Ste. G, Seattle, WA, 98105-5660, Matthew McReynolds , Pacific Justice Institute, Po Box 276600, Sacramento, CA, 95827, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Justice Institute.

Jeffrey Lowell Needle , Maynard Building, 119 1st Ave. S. Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98104-3450, Michael Craig Subit , Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP, 705 2nd Ave. Ste. 1200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1798, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Association.

¶ 1 The Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD or Department) fired Captain Jonathan Sprague for persistently including religious comments in e-mails that he sent through the SVFD computer systems and items he posted on the SVFD electronic bulletin board. Sprague sued the Department for violating his First Amendment free speech rights...

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