Campbell v. Porter County Board of Commissioners

CHEZEM, Judge.

Case Summary

Plaintiffs-Appellants, Terry Campbell, Richard Stevens and Terry Tucker (collectively, “Shift Captains”), appeal the summary judgment entered in favor of Defendant-Appellee, Area III Ambulance Board (“Board”). 1 We affirm.

Issue

Shift Captains present one (1) issue for our review, which we restate as follows:

Whether the speech set forth in the letter in question was “protected speech” under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Facts and Procedural History

The administrator of Area III resigned in September of 1981. The Board assigned his administrative…