LEIZERMAN

v.

TOLEDO BAR ASSN.

Citator

Cited By

• Cottrell v. Caldwell, 85 F.3d 1480 (11th Cir. 1996)
  …owed it on occasion, see, e.g., Wooten v. Campbell, 49 F. 3d 696, 699 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 379, 133 L.Ed.2d 302 (1995); Burrell v. Board of Trustees of Ga. Military College, 970 F. 2d 785, 792 (11th Cir.1992), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 1018, 113 S.Ct. 1814, 123 L.Ed.2d 445 (1993). In Burrell, for example, we reversed a denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds insofar as it involved an alleged conspiracy to violate the plaintiffs First Amendment right to freedom of speec…
• Almand v. DeKALB Cnty., 103 F.3d 1510 (11th Cir. 1997)
  …llegation was the same both times. . We have noted that the concepts of action under color of state law and state action are coterminous. Burrell v. Board of Trustees of GA. Military College, 970 F. 2d 785, 790 n. 13 (11th Cir.1992), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 1018, 113 S.Ct. 1814, 123 L.Ed.2d 445 (1993). While the Supreme Court, in Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., 457 U.S. 922, 935 n. 18, 102 S.Ct. 2744, 2752 n. 18, 73 L.Ed.2d 482 (1982), left open the theoretical possibility that action under color of state law…
• Childree v. UAP/GA AG Chem, Inc., 92 F.3d 1140 (11th Cir. 1996)
  …tect bankrupts as a class); cf. Burrell v. Board of Trustees of Ga. Military College, 970 F. 2d 785, 794 (11th Cir.1992) (noting that § 1985(3)’s “narrow intent requirement erects a significant hurdle for section 1985(3) plaintiffs.”), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 1018, 113 S.Ct. 1814, 123 L.Ed.2d 445 (1993). To the best of our knowledge, no circuit court has ever held that whistleblow-ers are a protected class under § 1985(3), and some have expressly declined to do so. See, e.g., Garrie v. James L. Gray, Inc.,…