Legal Opinion
Packett v. Stenberg
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1992No. Nos. 91-2892, 91-3206PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Packett and Moeller appeal the dismissals of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions. They were terminated from employment by a newly-elected Attorney General for the State of Nebraska, Donald Stenberg. Packett asserts a deprivation of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, and Moeller asserts a deprivation of his rights to free speech and association under the First Amendment. The district court *724granted summary judgment in favor of Stenberg, We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Bernard Packett had been an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Nebraska for over thirty years. Steven…
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