Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit February 16, 1996, No. 95-5166 (Blair v. Meade)

lead-opinion

McKAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which NELSON, J., joined. RYAN, J. (p. 102), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellees Virginia Castle and Donald Patton, both local government employees, sued Defendant-Appellant Hobert Meade for violation of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of free speech and association when Mr.