United States Eighth Circuit

In police officers' section 1983 action brought against defendants alleging violations of their constitutional rights by retaliatory employment actions after plaintiff ran against defendant-sheriff in an election and other plaintiff supported plaintiff-candidate, denial of summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part as to defendant-sheriff, but reversed in part as to one defendant as the law was not clearly established that the actions he took toward plaintiff had employment consequences serious enough to amount to adverse employment actions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2007
• Published 07/12/2007

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Carl David Dietz, St. Paul, MN.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was James H. Kaster, Minneapolis, MN.   Also appearing on the brief was Nicholas G.B. May, Hastings, MN.