Legal Opinion
Nixon v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 19, 2007No. 07-20162PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
On January 27, 2006, Thomas Nixon, a patrol officer with the Houston, Texas Police Department (“HPD”), filed a § 1983 suit against the City of Houston and Chief of Police Harold Hurtt (“Appellees”) for employment retaliation in violation of his First Amendment right to free speech. Specifically, Nixon claims that his fifteen-day temporary suspension and his later indefinite suspension (“termination”) 1 from HPD for making various statements during media interviews and in publications he authored violated his First Amendment rights.
In this appeal, Nixon seeks a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Garcetti v. CeballosSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Rankin v. McPhersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Waters v. ChurchillSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by75 opinions
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- Lincoln v. MaketaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018
- Kevin Buker v. Howard CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2017
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