Legal Opinion
North Mississippi Communications, Inc., and Pamela McPhail Ivy v. Douglas W. Jones, Desoto County Board of Supervisor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1992No. 90-1601PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
This free-speech case comes before this court for the third time. It all started when the owners of the North Mississippi Times brought suit against the DeSoto County Board, alleging that, in violation of the First Amendment, the Board withheld county advertising in retaliation for the Times’ publication of negative stories about the Board. Because of this court’s actions on earlier appeals, the sole issue now before this court is whether the district court properly applied Mt. Healthy’s 1 burden-shifting analysis to the Times § 1983 claim. 2 We conclude that it…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Price Waterhouse v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- North Mississippi Communications, Inc. v. Douglas W. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- George B. Dickinson v. Auto Center Manufacturing Company and John W. McLeodCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Keenan v. TejedaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Marc Veasey v. Greg AbbottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
- Royal Insurance Company of America and Royal Lloyds of Texas v. Quinn-L Capital CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. BecerraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
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