Legal Opinion
Biggs v. Best, Best & Krieger
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1999No. Nos. 97-55233, 97-55573PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Julie Biggs was an associate at a private law firm that performed the services of city attorney to the City of Redlands. Two Redlands city councilmen, James Foster and Swen Larson (the “council defendants”), allegedly threatened to fire the law firm unless the political activities of the Biggs family were stopped. Eventually, the private law firm fired Julie Biggs and the Biggs family instituted the present 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, alleging that the council defendants had violated the Biggs’ First Amendment rights. The district court granted the council…
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