Legal Opinion
West v. Phillips
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided August 26, 1994No. IP 93-945PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENTRY
BARKER, Chief Judge.
Michael Phillips, the Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives and his assistant, Baron Hill, (collectively “Defendants”) employed Deborah G. West (‘West”) as- a legislative assistant for the Democratic Caucus of the Indiana House of Representatives (“the Caucus”). On May 19, 1993, the Defendants fired her. West contends the Defendants terminated her in retaliation for her informing a public interest group and newspaper about the allegedly unethical conduct of Representative Vernon Smith, a member of the Caucus. She has filed a two-count complaint against the…
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