United States Eleventh Circuit

In case alleging plaintiff's employment by the county was terminated in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights, judgment for defendant is affirmed where distasteful comments made by plaintiff during a public meeting did not touch on a matter of public concern and, in any event, defendant county was justified in terminating plaintiff's employment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2006
• Published 10/31/2006

Judges

• TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and JORDAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Luke Charles Lirot, Luke Lirot, P.A., Clearwater, FL, for Mitchell.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Eric Brazel, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.