Whitaker v. Knapp

holding that after the district court determined that the plaintiffs speech was protected, “the court was required to inform the jury of its ruling that Knapp’s speech was constitutionally protected” | The credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence are matters within the purview of the jury-” | relief awarded under § 1983 included in junction expunging retaliatory negative evaluations from teacher’s personnel file | teacher’s complaints about classroom assignments and content of evaluation are not matters of public concern | teacher’s protest regarding his public school’s mileage reimbursement, insurance and grievance procedure policies was matter of public concern | teacher’s communications with school board concerning inequitable mileage allowance for coaches was an attempt to inform the public and educational policymakers of inequitable administration of funds