United States Eleventh Circuit

In case alleging First Amendment retaliation in the form of failing to renew plaintiff's employment contract, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff's speech, criticizing illegal or unethical behavior of defendant and other college officials, was not protected by the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2007
• Published 04/20/2007

Judges

• BLACK, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, MARCUS and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edna L. Caruso, Edna Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, for Vila., Paul F. Hancock, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, LLP, Stephanie Leigh Carman, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Joel D. Eaton, Stephen Frederick Rosenthal, Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, FL, for Padrón.