Legal Opinion
Reel v. Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1982No. 81-1317PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Mike Reel appeals from the district court’s decision to dismiss part of his complaint in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For reversal Reel argues that the district court erred in (1) finding that Reel’s release of information to a member of a state investigative commission was not a motivating factor in the decision to fire him, (2) applying the law to the facts sur*695rounding Reel’s termination, (3) failing to rule that Reel’s release of information to the commissioner was constitutionally protected speech, (4) failing to find that the Arkansas Department of…
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