United States Tenth Circuit

Summary judgment against plaintiff's First Amendment retaliation claim is reversed where his accusations of illegal financial dealings on the part of his public employer constitute protected speech, and an issue of fact exists as to whether defendant-employer retaliated because of these statements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/17/2005
• Published 02/17/2005

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, ANDERSON and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kathryn Hammel, The Hammel Law Firm, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for the Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John M. Wells, Albuquerque, NM, for the Defendants-Appellees.