United States Ninth Circuit

In an action alleging that Defendants terminated public employee-Plaintiff for exercising her First Amendment rights, summary judgment for Defendants is reversed, where the patronage dismissal doctrine does not immunize public employers who terminate employees on the basis of a perceived lack of personal loyalty.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/23/2008
• Decided 05/18/2009
• Published 05/18/2009

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, SIDNEY R. THOMAS and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey S. Blanck, Reno, NV, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• C. Robert Cox, Christopher D. Jaime, Maupin, Cox & LeGoy, Reno, NV, for the appellees.