John Faulkner v. State of Arkansas

How courts have described this case

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• finding admissions where declarant was an “advisor” to the decision-maker, partici- pated in interviews, discussed employees’ performance, and communicated news of termination
• “policymaking and policy implementation may occur at many levels, even within a particular office... .”
• reversing a district court’s finding that as a matter of law a position was policy-making, and stating that whether political loyalty is a legitimate requirement for a given position is a factual question or a “matter of proof’
• appellate court reversed trial court’s finding that a senior citizens coordinator was not a policymaker as a matter of law
• where plaintiff put forth direct evidence proving the defendants did not base their decision to terminate the plaintiff on a legitimate, non-political reason
• town supervisor who fired three employees for campaigning against her granted only qualified immunity defense; no discussion of whether defendant acted legislatively or whether absolute immunity might apply

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).