Legal Opinion
Oakes v. Weaver
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided July 30, 2018No. Case Number 17-11044PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID M. LAWSON, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Stacy Erwin Oakes is the former Chief Legal Officer of the City of *729Flint. She was fired by Flint's mayor, Karen Weaver, after Weaver apparently lost confidence in Oakes's leadership of the City's legal department. Oakes has filed a complaint in this Court alleging that the true basis for her termination is retaliation for her comments on matters of public concern, and that the firing violated the First Amendment and Michigan's Whistleblowers' Protection Act, and was contrary to public policy under Michigan state law. The defendants filed…
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