United States First Circuit
Eves v. LePage, 16-1492
In a suit brought by the Speaker of the House against the Governor of Maine in for damages and injunctive relief, asserting that the Governor, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, had retaliated against the Speaker's exercise of his First Amendment rights by threatening to withhold discretionary funding to a non-profit organization that hired the Speaker, whose employment was thereafter terminated, the district courts dismissal of all claims with prejudice is: 1) affirmed as to the dismissal of the federal claims on qualified immunity grounds; and 2) vacated as to the state tort law claims and the district court is ordered to dismiss without prejudice.
Appellate Information
- Decided
- Published 2016/11/22
Judges
- LYNCH
Court
- United States First Circuit