Legal Opinion
Moran v. Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 2, 1998No. 96-36129PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide, on appeal from denial of summary judgment, whether a state agency head may discharge a subordinate who refuses to carry out official agency policy without subjecting herself to the risk of personal liability for breach of constitutional rights.
I
Deborah Senn was elected to the office of Washington State Insurance Commissioner in November 1992. During her campaign, Senn had advocated the expansion of consumer “outreach” and education programs conducted by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (“OIC”). To that end, in August 1993, she hired Nickie…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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