Court Opinion

ID: 9509663
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:48:41.026433+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:51.745165
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE HUNT
respectfully dissents:
I do not agree with the conclusion of the majority that the language of our opinion in Talley, 857 P.2d at 708, is dicta, when this court wrote:
We conclude that the only constitutional claim which has merit under the pleadings is the claim of denial of free speech according to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the attendant 1983 claim.
Talley, 857 P.2d at 708. Our conclusion was a ruling on the merits of the free speech claim. I would reverse the summary judgment by the District Corut and allow the matter to go to trial.