Legal Opinion
John Pilarowski v. MacOmb County Health Dept. And MacOmb County Board of Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1988No. 86-1423PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
This is an employment discrimination case, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, *1282in which plaintiff claimed he was discharged for exercising his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, but the district court set the verdict aside and entered judgment for the defendants.1 In granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the district court found that plaintiff had failed to prove that his discharge was based on an unconstitutional custom or policy of suppressing free speech. Before submitting the case to the jury,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pembaur v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- United States v. Donald W. StreckCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- John Pilarowski v. MacOmb County Health Dept. And MacOmb County Board of CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Randy Suffel v. Manville Building Materials Corporation and Ronald A. Beymer, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988