United States Tenth Circuit

Police officials are not entitled to qualified immunity where removal of a public safety officer's commission, based on his expressed preference for one political candidate over another and his assessment of a campaign, violated the officer's speech and association rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2002
• Published 08/14/2002

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, ANDERSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan A. Cross (Robert M. Liechty with him on the briefs) of Cross & Liechty, P.C., Denver, CO, for Defendants-Appellants., G. Stephen Long (Joseph J. Mellon and Brian R. Reynolds with him on the brief) of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.