Legal Opinion
Thomas Howell v. Town of Ball
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2016No. 15-30552PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Howell, a former police officer for the town of Ball, Louisiana, brought this action against the town of Ball and several individual defendants. Howell alleged that the defendants violated his First Amendment rights when he was fired for cooperating with an FBI investigation of public corruption. Howell also asserted a claim under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h), alleging that he was fired in violation of the Act’s whistle-blower protections.
The district court, through a series of rulings on 12(b)(6) motions and motions for summary judgment,…
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