McDonald v. Wise

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• finding that statement to press made one month after termination was in the course of termination
• holding, more generally, that the Iqbal standard applies to claims dismissed under actual malice
• interpreting the CGIA as requiring that a plaintiff demonstrate that the defendant’s actions were calculated to cause harm or done despite awareness that the actions would cause such harm
• permitting stigma-plus claim based on statements made one month after termination
• due process may require hearing before governing body that discharged the plaintiff or before an adequate substitute tribunal
• under city charter mayor was final policy maker with respect to termination of city employees and therefore city liable if mayor deprived plaintiff of liberty interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).