Legal Opinion
Laura Nix v. Bobby Norman, Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training and the State of Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1989No. 88-1832PublishedCited by 339 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Laura Nix appeals from a district court order dismissing her civil rights action against Bobby Norman, the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training, and the State of Arkansas. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
BACKGROUND
Nix filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Bobby Norman, director of the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy (Academy), fired her from her job as a secretary because she expressed criticisms of the Academy to Governor Bill Clinton in 1986. Nix alleged that the stated reason for her termination, her…
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