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Benton v. Adams County Board of County Commissioners
10th CircuitDecember 17, 2008No. 08-1089Cited 4 times
Defendant WinAdams County Board of County Commissioners
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Holmes, Anderson, Baldock
- Status
- Unpublished
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
- Circuit
- 10th Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Claim Types
RetaliationWhistleblower
Outcome
The Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the employer, finding no reasonable jury could infer a causal link between the plaintiff's protected speech (refusal to testify before the Colorado General Assembly) and her termination, due to the five-month temporal gap and lack of sufficient evidence of retaliation.
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