Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Bond
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1982No. Nos. 81-1815 to 81-1817, 81-1878, 81-1906 and 81-2154PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in these consolidated cases alleged they were dismissed from their positions as fee agents for the State of Missouri because of their political affiliation and in violation of the first amendment. The district courts 1 in separate memoranda2 held that fee agents were not state employees and thus were not protected from dismissal based on political affiliation. We affirm. Facts
Plaintiffs were fee agents3 for the Missouri Department of Revenue. All of the plaintiffs were active Democrats and all were appointed as fee agents during the administration of former…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Morton Halperin v. Henry Kissinger Morton Halperin v. Henry Kissinger, Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and H. R. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Kissinger v. HalperinSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Sweeney v. BondDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1981
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Arnaldo Jimenez Fuentes v. Honorable Jaime Torres GaztambideCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Stott v. HaworthCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Cynthia Rutan v. Republican Party of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Brown v. TrenchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Simplex Time Recorder Company v. Secretary of Labor, William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor v. Simplex Time Recorder CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
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