Legal Opinion
Eric Michael v. St. Joseph County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 3, 2001No. 00-4200PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.
Eric Michael, a former employee of the St. Joseph County Health Department (the “Department”), brought this action alleging that the Department and various managers violated his First Amendment rights by suspending him for publicly criticizing the Department’s water-quality policies. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We affirm.
Michael began working for the Department as a sanitarian in 1989. Eight years later Michael’s supervisors began receiving complaints from local developers and other Department employees about Michael’s…
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