Legal Opinion
Cassidy v. Salt Lake County Fire Civil Service Council
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided March 4, 1999No. 971525-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREENWOOD, Associate Presiding Judge:
¶ 1 This case comes to us on appeal from a decision of the Third District Court affirming a ruling of the Salt Lake County Fire Civil Service Council (the Council). Appellant James Cassidy claims the Council violated his First Amendment free speech rights by failing to promote him to captain. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
¶ 2 The Salt Lake County Fire Department hired Cassidy on August 1, 1982, as a firefighter. His free speech claim stems from two separate incidents. The first took place in 1990 when Cassidy filed a grievance challenging a new protocol…
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