Legal Opinion

Keen A. Umbehr v. Joe McClure Glen Heiser, and George Spencer

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided February 10, 1995No. 94-3022PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff and appellant Keen A. Umbehr appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendants, members or ex-members of the Wabaunsee County Commission, on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Defendants terminated a trash hauling contract in retaliation for Mr. Umbehr’s exercise of his right to free speech. For the following reasons, we REVERSE and REMAND.

BACKGROUND

Mr. Umbehr operated a trash hauling business in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. By statute, the county was obligated to provide a plan for solid waste disposal. In 1981, the county…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Board of Comm'rs, Wabaunsee Cty. v. UmbehrSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Guillemard-Ginorio v. Contreras-GomezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  3. Cressman v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  4. Planned Parenthood of Dutchess-Ulster, Inc. v. SteinhausCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
  5. Port of Longview v. International Raw Materials, Ltd.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1999

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