Legal Opinion

Spiess v. Fricke

District Court, D. Kansas

Decided September 13, 2005No. 04-2458PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VRATIL, District Judge.

Dale Spiess brings suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Howard Fricke, former Secretary of Administration for the State of Kansas; Dan Etzel, Fiscal Manager for the Division of Facilities Management; and Duane Goossen, Secretary of Administration for the State of Kansas. Plaintiff seeks damages from Fricke and Etzel in their personal capacities and injunctive relief from Goossen in his official capacity. Specifically, plaintiff claims that (1) Fricke terminated his employment in retaliation for his exercise of First Amendment rights to free speech;…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Spiess v. MeyersDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 2007
  2. Lonnie J. Ryan, Jr. v. David Davies, et al.District Court, D. Kansas · 2026
  3. Ryan v. Kansas, State ofDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 2025

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