Legal Opinion
Sylvia Downes v. Marguerite Beach and Robert Doty
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1978No. 77-1535PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a suit commenced under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Allegations were that plaintiffs, including Sylvia Downes, had been discharged from their employment as nurses by the Las Animas-Huerfano Counties Health Board for exercise of their First Amendment rights. The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees Marguerite Beach and Robert L. Doty, the responsible supervisory officers, and against Ms. Downes.
The only question on appeal is the appropriateness of the grant of the motion for summary judgment…
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