Legal Opinion
Richard C. Lytle v. City of Haysville, Kansas, a Municipal Corporation, and James Earl Kitchings
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1998No. 96-3197PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Circuit Judge.
Richard C. Lytle was employed as a police officer by the City of Haysville, Kansas from 1983 until 1991, when he was discharged after alleging that fellow Haysville officers committed second-degree murder by failing to render emergency aid to the victim of a police shooting. He brought suit against the City of Haysville and its police chief, James Earl Kitchings, contending that the defendants had attempted to cover up police officers’ misconduct and that he had been fired in retaliation for his allegations against them. The district court granted summary judgment for the…
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