Legal Opinion
Key v. Rutherford
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1981No. 79-1305PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
This civil rights claim was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Thomas Key against the City of Stroud, Oklahoma, its City Manager Bud Rutherford, its Mayor John Killings-worth, and four members of the Stroud City Council. The City officials were named as defendants both individually and in their official capacities. In his amended complaint,1 Key alleges that he was unlawfully discharged from his position as police chief of Stroud because he exercised his First Amendment rights, specifically the rights to petition the government, to freedom of speech, and to freedom of…
2Cases cited18 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
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Conaway v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Charles E. Egger v. Harlan C. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Andrew Powe v. The City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Sheldon L. Wulf v. The City of Wichita, Gene Denton, and Richard LamunyonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Bennie Lenard, Cross-Appellant v. Robert Argento & Joseph Sansone v. Village of Melrose ParkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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