RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS

July 2009

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Eleventh Circuit Confirms 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 Does Not Provide a Right of Action for Violations of the Clean Water Act
Abdur-Rahman v. Walker, ___F.3d___

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 does not provide a right of action for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The Eleventh Circuit further found that First Amendment claims made by two terminated public works inspectors failed as a matter of law because relevant precedent limits the claims of government employees under the First Amendment to citizen speech on matters of public concern.