U.S. Appeals Court: TERMINATION RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.

• Position: Brief Article

Perry v. McGinnis, 209 F.3d 597 (6th Cir. 2000). An African-American employee who had been employed as a hearing officer for a state corrections department brought an action alleging that he was terminated due to his race. The district court dismissed the case and the employee appealed. The appeals court reversed and remanded, finding that the employee's decisions made in inmate disciplinary hearings constituted protected "expression" under the First Amendment and...