United States Tenth Circuit

Perez v. Ellington, 04-2181

Plaintiffs have successfully established their First Amendment retaliation claim where defendants' quick decision to issue jeopardy tax assessments and their extreme delay in releasing the liens on plaintiffs' property evidences a retaliatory motive.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/23/2005
• Published 08/23/2005

Judges

• McKAY, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, McKAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John B. Pound of Long, Pound & Komer, P.A., Santa Fe, NM, for Defendants-Appellants., Daniel Yohalem (Richard Rosenstock with him on the brief), Santa Fe, NM, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.