United States Tenth Circuit
Pointdexter v. The Bd. of County Comm'rs of the County of Sequoyah, 07-7074
In an action involving First Amendment rights of political association and speech, summary judgment for the defendants is affirmed where: 1) the office of Road Foreman has significant political dimension and sufficient discretionary authority that the County Commissioner, for whom the Foreman works, may properly take political loyalty into account; and 2) there was insufficient evidence to go to jury on the free speech claim.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/26/2008
- Published 11/26/2008
Judges
- McCONNELL, Circuit Judge., Before McCONNELL, EBEL and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Rand C. Eddy, Sherri A. Carver, Patrick J. Holman, Eddy Law Firm, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Jodi S. Casey, Collins, Zorn & Wagner, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendants-Appellees.