Communications Workers of America v. Ector County Hospital District

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Ector County Hospital District, a political subdivision of the State of Texas which owns and operates the Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas, appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of plaintiffs-appellees Urba-no Herrera, an employee of the Hospital, and Communications Workers of America, the union to which Herrera belongs. The district court ruled that the Hospital violated the First Amendment rights of Herrera and the union by disciplining Herrera for violating the Hospital’s uniform non-adornment policy by refusing to remove the…