Janet S. Helvey v. City of Maplewood, Missouri Martin Corcoran Mapleleaf Inn, Inc. Paul Thomas John Doe, I John Doe, II John Doe, III

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• First Amendment retaliation claim supported by allegation that police officer “used his position of authority to cause [plaintiff’s boss] to fire her in retaliation for the testimony she gave”
• “Helvey’s allegation that Corcoran used his position of authority to cause Thomas to fire her in retaliation for the testimony she gave concerning the incident involving Maplewood police officers stated a [First Amendment] claim under section 1983.”
• plaintiff alleged that city manager demanded that plaintiffs employer terminate her for testifying in a civil rights action filed against the city, and threatened- that if plaintiff was not terminated, city manager would close employer’s bar or revoke its liquor license

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