Coates v. Board of County Commissioners for the County of Adams
Case Details
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- 440 Civil Rights: Other
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- motion to dismiss
- State
- Colorado
- Circuit
- Tenth Circuit
Outcome
Court denied defendants' motion to dismiss, allowing plaintiffs' First Amendment retaliation claim and procedural due process claim to proceed. Plaintiffs alleged they were terminated in retaliation for political support of a rival candidate and for opposing union organizing efforts.
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