Legal Opinion
HERITAGE CONSTRUCTORS v. City of Greenwood, Ark.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 3, 2008No. 08-1344PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Heritage Constructors, Inc., sued the city (and officials) of Greenwood, Arkansas, for retaliation under the First and Fourteenth Amendments pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Heritage alleged the city denied it a contract in 2005, because it exercised the right to petition by initiating arbitration on an earlier contract with the city. The district court 1 granted summary judgment to the city. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
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In 1999 and 2000, Heritage built a wastewater treatment plant for the city. In 2001, Heritage invoked arbitration (the…
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