· 1/17/1997
Denise Carver v. Mildred Dennis, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as County Court Clerk of Jackson County, Tennessee
Citations
- 104 F.3d 847
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 686
- 1997 WL 14268
How courts have described this case
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- holding that 7 where an employee “was fired [solely] for announcing her intention to take her boss’s 8 office,” the employee did not speak on a matter of public concern
- termination of deputy county clerk, who ran against the clerk and “was trying to take [her boss’] job,” was “neutral in terms of the First Amendment”
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Judges: Keith, Siler, Batchelder
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