Legal Opinion
Foote v. Town of Bedford
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 21, 2011No. 10-2094PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
A town council refused to reappoint the plaintiff to an unpaid advisory commission after he publicly criticized certain of the council’s policies. The plaintiff sued, but the district court jettisoned his case at the summary judgment stage. Foote v. Town of Bedford, No. 1:09-cv-171, 2010 WL 3238315 (D.N.H. Aug. 13, 2010). The plaintiffs appeal presents a nuanced First Amendment question about the relationship between policymakers and policy-related speech in the public sector. After careful consideration, we conclude that the refused reappointment, though premised on a…
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