GEORGIA J. LEWIS, APPELLEE,
v.
R. MAX BLACKBURN, APPELLANT, AND FRANK W. SNEPP, DEFENDANT; NORTH CAROLINA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, AMICUS CURIAE. GEORGIA J. LEWIS, APPELLEE, V. R. MAX BLACKBURN, DEFENDANT, AND FRANK W. SNEPP, APPELLANT. NORTH CAROLINA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, AMICUS CURIAE
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The court held that the district court erred in finding the plaintiff was not reappointed because she protested matters of public concern, not just self-interest.
The plaintiff, Georgia Lewis, sued after not being reappointed, alleging it was in retaliation for protesting matters of public concern. The district …
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PER CURIAM:
For the reasons adequately set forth in Judge Ervin’s dissent to the original panel opinion, Lewis v. Blackburn, 734 F. 2d 1000, 1008-1012 (4th Cir.1984), we reverse the decision of the district court. 555 F.Supp. 713. We hold that the district court erred as a matter of law in finding that Georgia Lewis was not reappointed because she protested matters of public concern rather than matters of her immediate self-interest, within the meaning of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138, 103 S.Ct. 1684, 75 L.Ed.2d 708 (1983).1 Accordingly, the decision of the district court is reversed and the case is remanded for the entry of judgment in favor of the defendants.
Chief Judge Winter and Judge Wilkinson would affirm the district court’s decision. They dissent on the grounds articulated in the original panel’s majority opinion. Lewis, 734 F. 2d at 1000-08.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
. The decision in Connick was not handed down until after the district court rendered its decision in this case, but the parties were invited to and did file supplemental briefs in response to that opinion.
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