Randy Abercrombie v. City of Catoosa, Oklahoma Mayor Curtis Conley and Police Chief Benny Dirck

How courts have described this case

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• finding that “two isolated statements” made by alleged co-conspirators, without evidence of communication between them, did not “give rise to the inference that they conspired”
• allowing an independent contractor to sue for termination based on his speech and political activities
• tow service owner’s claim of property interest created by Oklahoma’s wrecker statute was issue of state law
• a plaintiff must establish “by direct or circumstantial evidence, a meeting of minds or agreement among the defendants”
• “Section 1985(2) specifically requires the existence of ‘two or more persons’ who ‘conspire.’” (citation omitted)
• “Section 1986, which provides an action for neglecting to prevent a violation of Section 1985, is premised upon the existence of a valid Sect ion 1985 claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).