Keen A. Umbehr v. Joe McClure Glen Heiser, and George Spencer
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
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…
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