# Richard L. Windsor v. The Tennessean

> Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · January 23, 1984 · 719 F.2d 155

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9471314

## Case

- **Full name:** Richard L. WINDSOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE TENNESSEAN, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- **Decided:** January 23, 1984
- **Citations:** 719 F.2d 155
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Edwards
- **Judges:** Edwards, Contie, Moynahan
- **Cited by:** 359 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that dismissal of plaintiffs § 1985(1) claims against certain defendants was appropriate pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), because, inter alia, defendants had “agreed to engage in constitutionally protected speech”
- stating that the Privacy Act applies to only federal agencies
- holding that Privacy Act claims cannot be brought against state or local agencies
- finding no property right where the employer maintained unconditional power to remove an employee from his position

## Opinion text

GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in Judge Contie’s opinion for the court. I write separately only to note that I would accept the First Amendment reasoning of the majority in Stern v. United States Gypsum, Inc., 547 F.2d 1329, 1342-43 (7th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 975 , 98 S.Ct. 533 , 54 L.Ed.2d 467 (1977), as alternative ground for support of the conclusion set forth in Section V. of Judge Contie’s opinion.

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