Legal Opinion
Ferry v. Hayden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 24, 1992No. 90-7694PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a dispute over appellant Captain Jack N. Hayden’s decision to dismiss appellee James E. Ferry, a probationary civilian employee of the United States Air Force. Hayden claims he termi*660nated Ferry because Ferry was overzealous and lacked tact and diplomacy in performing his job as a Vehicle Operations Contract Monitor at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. Ferry alleges that Hayden improperly dismissed him based upon the exercise of his First Amendment right of free speech.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On May 27, 1988, Hayden, Chief of Transportation at Maxwell…
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