Legal Opinion

Brown v. Leflore County

District Court, N.D. Mississippi

Decided December 15, 2015No. 4:14-CV-00114-DMB-JMVPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DEBRA M. BROWN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This is a First Amendment retaliation case in which Plaintiff Troy D. Brown alleges that he was wrongly discharged from his position as Director of the Greenwood Leflore Emergency Management Agency because of comments he made in two newspaper publications. Before the Court is the motion for summary judgment filed by Defendant Leflore County, Mississippi. Doc. #43. For the reasons below, the motion will be denied.

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2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dixon v. Alcorn County, MississippiDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2022
  2. Gaines v. Jefferson County School DistrictDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2023
  3. Kevin Matthews v. Leflore County, Mississippi, et al.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2026
  4. McAdams v. LadnerDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2022
  5. Schermerhorn v. County of McHenry, IllinoisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2025

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