United States Eighth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a city and officials alleging that individual defendants violated his First Amendment rights by issuing him citations for municipal-ordinance violations in retaliation for his vocal opposition to the city's policies and administration, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where plaintiff failed to show that defendant-officers who issued the citations at issue lacked probable cause to do so.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2007
• Published 03/28/2007

Judges

• BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before GRUENDER, JOHN R. GIBSON, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Arthur A. Benson, II, argued, Kansas City, MO (Jamie K. Lansford, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Amber Van Hauen, argued, Kansas City, MO (Kathryn G. Lee, on the brief), for appellee.