Legal Opinion
Betty Lou Dossett v. First State Bank, Loomis, Nebraska, Betty Lou Dossett v. Lauritzen Corporation, Doing Business as Financial Services Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 28, 2005No. 09-2005PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Betty Lou Dossett brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against her former employer, First State Bank of Loomis, Nebraska, (“Bank”) and the Lau-ritzen Corporation (“Lauritzen”). Dossett claimed that the defendants conspired with the Loomis School District (“School District”) to terminate her employment at the Bank in retaliation for her exercising the constitutional right to freedom of speech at a public school board meeting. Dossett appeals several decisions made by the district court in the trial and re-trial of her case. We affirm in part, reverse in…
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