United States Eighth Circuit

Municipal employer may terminate employee for circulating a petition where employee's conduct was held to be inherently disruptive. After the court properly balanced any First Amendment claims, negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims failed because the termination was not unreasonable or extreme or outrageous.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/12/2001
• Published 02/12/2001

Judges

• McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN, BOWMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David M. Peterson, argued, Kansas City, MO, (Mitchell L. Burgess, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Saskia Jacobse, argued, Kansas City, MO (Walter J. O'Toole, on the brief), for appellee.