Leonard L. Chilson v. Metropolitan Transit Authority

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Leonard L. Chilson, was discharged from his position as an engineer with the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Houston (MTA). One of Chilson’s duties as an MTA employee had involved budgeting and monitoring of contracts. He brought suit asserting that his discharge had been brought about by his criticism of the making and administration of a contract which his employer, MTA, had entered into with a consultant consortium known as Houston Transportation Consultants (HTC). He asserted that his retaliatory discharge was in violation of his free speech…