No. 18-527

Frank Straub v. City of Spokane, Washington, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: at-will-employment at-will-termination constitutional-rights due-process employment free-speech government-employee government-employment internet-publication liberty-interest liberty-interests reputation stigma stigma-damage
Key Terms:
ERISA SocialSecurity DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a government must provide notice and an opportunity to respond before publishing professionally crippling charges against an employee during an at-will termination

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a government that intends to publish professionally crippling charges against its employee on the internet during the course of an at-will termination must give that employee notice and an opportunity to respond before the publication as the constitutional process due.

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-08
Waiver of right of respondent Mayor David Condon to respond filed.
2018-11-07
Waiver of right of respondent City of Spokane to respond filed.
2018-11-07
Waiver of right of respondent Nancy Isserlis to respond filed.
2018-11-06
Waiver of right of respondent Theresa Sanders to respond filed.
2018-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2018)

Attorneys

City of Spokane
Ronald A. Van WertEtter, McMahon, Lamberson, Van Wert & Oreskovich, P.C., Respondent
Ronald A. Van WertEtter, McMahon, Lamberson, Van Wert & Oreskovich, P.C., Respondent
Frank Straub
Mary E. SchultzMary Schultz Law, P.S., Petitioner
Mary E. SchultzMary Schultz Law, P.S., Petitioner
Mayor David Condon
James B. KingEvans, Craven & Lackie, P.S., Respondent
James B. KingEvans, Craven & Lackie, P.S., Respondent
Nancy Isserlis
John Spencer StewartStewart Sokol & Larkin, Respondent
John Spencer StewartStewart Sokol & Larkin, Respondent
Theresa Sanders
Keller W. AllenLaw Firm of Keller W. Allen, P.C., Respondent
Keller W. AllenLaw Firm of Keller W. Allen, P.C., Respondent