Legal Opinion
Wrobel v. County of Erie
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 1, 2012No. 10-5179-cvPublishedCited by 262 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge CALABRESI dissents in a separate opinion.
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Timothy Wrobel appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Curtin, /.), dismissing on summary judgment his First Amendment claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against his former employer, Erie County, and certain employees. Because Wrobel failed to adduce evidence that his mistreatment was caused by political association or by speech about matters of public concern, we affirm.
Wrobel was a longtime employee of Erie County’s highway division. In 1999, a newly…
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