Legal Opinion

Nielander v. Board of County Commissioners

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided August 31, 2009No. 08-3092PublishedCited by 174 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

This case calls on us to consider various claims arising out of the prosecution of Frank Nielander for allegedly threatening local government employees in an angered response to the way his local road was being maintained. The district court dismissed all of Mr. Nielander’s claims. We affirm.

I. Background

A. Preliminaries

Mr. Nielander lives on County Road 180 in Republic County, Kansas, the road leading to the county landfill. Mr. Nielander experienced many problems on the road due to debris from traffic hauling trash to the landfill. He attended meetings of the Board…

2Cases cited39 opinions

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  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Carnegie-Mellon University v. CohillSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Albright v. OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1994

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3Cited by174 opinions

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