William C. Bush v. William R. Lucas

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This case is on remand from the Supreme Court for further consideration in light of Carlson v. Green, 446 U.S. 14, 100 S.Ct. 1468, 64 L.Ed.2d 15 (1980). In our prior opinion we held, first, that plaintiff’s defamation claim against the director of the Marshall Space Flight Center was precluded by Barr v. Matteo, 360 U.S. 564, 79 S.Ct. 1335, 3 L.Ed.2d 1434 (1959), and second, that plaintiff had no cause of action for damages under the First Amendment for retaliatory demotion in view of the available remedies under the Civil Service Commission regulations. Bush v. Lucas,…