Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Metropolitan Center for Independent Living, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1995No. 94-2054PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Mary Jo Nichols commenced this action in state court, alleging that the Metropolitan Center for Independent Living (“MCIL”) and John Walsh, MCIL’s executive director, violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Minnesota Constitution, and two Minnesota “whistle-blower” statutes in terminating Nichols’s employ with MCIL. After removal, the district court1 granted summary judgment for defendants, concluding that the § 1983 and constitutional claims fail because MCIL is not a state actor, and that Nichols failed to present a prima facie case of unlawful retaliation under the…
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