United States Seventh Circuit

A city employee's speech dealt with matters of public concern and deserved First Amendment protection, and a mayor's termination of the employee infringed his First Amendment right to free speech and violated his right to due process.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2002
• Decided 01/17/2003
• Published 01/17/2003

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William R. Groth(argued), Fillenwarth, Dennerline, Groth & Towe, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Kenneth Collier-Magar (argued), Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.