Legal Opinion
Riddle v. City of Ottawa
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided May 20, 1988No. 61,092PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Abbott, C.J.:
The trial court granted summary judgment against the plaintiff, John C. Riddle, III. He appeals.
Riddle brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against the City of Ottawa and Oren K. Skiles, the director of the Department of Public Safety for Ottawa. Riddle’s petition alleged violations of his property interests under the Fourteenth Amendment, and his liberty interest in free speech under the First Amendment. Riddle, an employee of the Department of Public Safety, had been given a ten-day suspension without pay after he wrote a letter outlining certain grievances with…
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