[DOWNLOAD] "Morales v. Stierheim" by Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Morales v. Stierheim
- Author : Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 07, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: This is an appeal from the grant of a permanent injunction and an award of compensatory and punitive damages to plaintiff-appellee Jorge Morales under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court found that Morales' job reassignment violated his First Amendment right to free speech. The court reinstated Morales to his former position and enjoined Defendant-appellant Merrett Stierheim, County Manager of Metropolitan Dade County, from reassigning Morales. The court also awarded punitive damages against defendant-appellant Raymundo Barrios, Chairman of the Melrose Community Development Advisory Board, and awarded compensatory damages against both defendants. Defendants-appellants, collectively referred to as ""OCED"",1 seek reversal on grounds that the statements by Morales which motivated his reassignment were not constitutionally protected, or alternatively that Morales' reassignment based on the statements did not infringe on his constitutionally protected interest in freedom of expression. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse.