United States Sixth Circuit

In plaintiff's section 1983 suit against a county official and two county entities, claiming that defendants retaliated against her by calling for employer and saying false things about her after she raised concerns at a public hearing regarding a proposed interstate-highway project, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss and sua sponte dismissal of the case against the remaining two defendants is reversed and remanded as the district court erred in dismissing plaintiff's claims under Rule 12(b)(6) by misapplying the Supreme Court's decision in Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991 (1982), as plaintiff has alleged all that she needs to in order to state a claim for relief under section 1983 against all three defendants.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/15/2010
• Decided 07/26/2010
• Published 07/26/2010

Judges

• GILMAN, J.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen A. Simon, Mark H. Troutman