Sheldon L. Wulf v. The City of Wichita, Gene Denton, and Richard Lamunyon

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• noting that some false statements may lose First Amendment protection if it was a knowingly or recklessly made false statement
• noting fact that no other officer had been fired for a first act of insubordination suggested pretext
• overturning award of $250,000 for mental anguish where Plaintiff and his wife testified that his job loss was stressful, but presented no other evidence of emotional suffering
• finding a ruling on punitive damages premature at the motion to dismiss stage
• finding First Amendment protection for allegations made by a police officer about a superior officer when the police officer based the allegations on conversations with other officers and the allegations were comprised of suspicions the police officer wanted investigated
• finding statement by police chief that plaintiff's accusations of police misconduct were \not worth a damn\ was \not tantamount to calling [the plaintiff] a liar\ and therefore was not sufficiently stigmatizing to deprive him of due process

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