Legal Opinion
Van Deelen v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2007No. 06-3305PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
Michael D. Van Deelen alleges that the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas, as well as five county officials, violated his First Amendment rights by seeking to threaten and intimidate him into dropping various tax assessment challenges. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas, in reliance on a number of its prior holdings, granted summary judgment for the defendants on the basis that Mr. Van Deelen’s tax challenge was not a matter of “public concern.” We write today to reaffirm that the constitutionally enumerated right of a…
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