Legal Opinion
Joy Niday Colson v. Paul Grohman Mike Hogg Jack Roberts Stella Roberts City of Pearland
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1999No. 97-41388PublishedCited by 185 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Joy Niday Colson appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees Paul Grohman, Mike Hogg, Jack Roberts, Stella Roberts, and the City of Pearland. Colson, an elected official, al leges that defendants-appellees falsely accused her of criminal acts, urged prosecutors to investigate her, and instigated a recall election against her because they disagreed with her political views and votes. Such retaliation, she asserts, violates her rights under both the First and Fourteenth Amendments. We find that the…
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