Legal Opinion
Randall R. Bradford v. Mike Huckabee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 10, 2005No. 03-2972PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
Randall Bradford resigned from his policy-making position as Executive Chief Information Officer (“ECIO”) of the State of Arkansas. Bradford’s letter to Governor Mike Huckabee stated that the resignation would be effective two weeks later, as Bradford intended to criticize the Governor’s administration to the press and to the legislature while still serving as ECIO. Not surprisingly, Governor Huckabee instead made the resignation effective immediately. Bradford then commenced this action against Huckabee, three members of the Governor’s staff, and the Director of the…
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- RANDALL R. BRADFORD, — v. MIKE HUCKABEE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, —Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005