United States Tenth Circuit

A judgment against plaintiff following a jury trial on her claim that she was discharged from her employment with a City Attorney's office in violation of her rights guaranteed by the First Amendment is affirmed where judgment as a matter of law on her claim that she was fired for supporting an opponent of the mayor was proper, and the district court did not err in concluding that her workplace speech regarding hiring practices sufficiently interfered with the operation of the City Attorney's office to support her termination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/11/2006
• Published 08/11/2006

Judges

• TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge., Before EBEL, McCONNELL, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:  J. Douglas Foster, Foster, Johnson, McDonald, Lucero, Koinis, LLP, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Deborah D. Wells, Kennedy, Moulton & Wells, P.C., for Defendants-Appellees.