United States Fifth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant city violated the First Amendment by denying plaintiff a construction contract, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where not all construction contract disputes involving government entities or agents are matters of public concern.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/21/2009
• Published 07/21/2009

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, GARZA and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Erwin S. Chemerinsky (argued), University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA, Terry Lee Salazar, Quilling, Selander, Cummiskey & Lownds PC, Dallas, TX, Andrew Monroe Trusevich, Sunnyvale, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gary Michael Bellair (argued), Craig, Terrill, Hale & Grantham, Lubbock, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.