Legal Opinion
Hogan v. Winder
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 5, 2014No. 12-4167PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
Chris Hogan lost his job with the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency, or “UTOPIA,” a state agency charged with upgrading high-speed internet access. Claiming he • was fired for revealing a conflict of interest in contract awards, he threatened to sue the agency for wrongful termination. Shortly after making this threat, he was subject to several unflattering media articles about his job performance and his termination dispute with the agency’s leaders. Several of the stories claimed his threats to sue the agency amounted to extortion or blackmail. It…
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