Legal Opinion
Hesse v. Town of Jackson, Wyo.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 15, 2008No. 07-8032PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-Appellants the mayor, town administrator, town clerk, and one of the town council members of Jackson, Wyoming, appeal the district court’s denial of qualified immunity in an employment termination case brought by Plaintiff-Appel-lee, the former town attorney.
Background
Plaintiff worked as Jackson, Wyoming’s town lawyer on a contract basis from 1995 to 2005. The most recent version of Plaintiffs contract with the town, the 1999 version, provided for automatic renewal of Plaintiffs two-year term of employment under the contract unless either party gave written…
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