Legal Opinion
Cheek v. City of Edwardsville, Kan.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided August 24, 2007No. 06-2210-JWL, 06-2445-JWL, 06-2459-JWLPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Jeffrey Cheek, Alvin Doty, and Melynda Harbour were formerly employed by the police department of the defendant City of Edwardsville, Kansas. These consolidated cases arise from their allegations that the City terminated their employment because they cooperated with an investigation by the Kansas Attorney General’s office relating to public corruption among City officials. All three plaintiffs assert claims that the City’s termination of their employment violated their First Amendment rights as protected by 42 U.S.C. § 1983.…
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