Legal Opinion
Alfred Morris v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 8, 1983No. 81-1209PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
The district court entered judgment on a verdict in favor of defendant-appellee on plaintiff-appellant’s complaint that he was discharged from employment in violation of the First Amendment. Appellant contends that the trial judge erred in several respects in ruling that certain of plaintiff’s proffered proofs were inadmissible. Because we find merit in appellant’s contentions that the district court erred in excluding (1) evidence of the employer’s retaliatory actions against appellant prior to the discharge and (2) evidence of a pattern of retaliation against other…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Carlson v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- Frank L. SPULAK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. K MART CORPORATION, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Azul-Pacifico, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, Azul-Pacifico, Inc. v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
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