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Title: Langford V. Lane
Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
Release Date : January 03, 1991
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 58 KB

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Anna Nell Langford appeals a summary judgment rendered against her in her suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against her former supervisor, Gay Lane, as well as against Richard Mitchell, County Executive of Overton County, Tennessee, and against the county itself. Langford was employed as a nurse's aid at a County-owned and operated nursing home until June 4, 1987, when Lane fired her. Langford contends that she was fired in violation of her first amendment rights after speaking against Lane at a public meeting of the County Board of Commissioners. The district court granted summary judgment*fn1 against Langford, concluding that her speech related only to private concerns arising out of her employment and was thus not protected by the first amendment. The court also found that Lane could have fired Langford for reasons independent of her allegedly public speech.