Chateaubriand v. Gaspard

97 F.3d 1218 12 IER Cases 214 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7425 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12 ,203 Francisco CHATEAUBRIAND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcus GASPARD and Kate Brown Gaspard; Martin Brown and Betty Brown; Sid Snyder and Jane Doe Snyder; James Jesernig and Jane Doe Jesernig; and Paul Berendt and Jane Doe Berendt, Defendants-Appellants. No. 95-36086. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 7, 1996. Decided Oct. 7, 1996. W. Dale Kamerrer, Law, Lyman, Daniel, Kamerrer & Bogdanovich, Olympia, WA, for defendants-appellants. Paul A. Lindenmuth, Law Offices of Neil J. Hoff, Tacoma, WA, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Franklin D. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-05641-FDB. Before WRIGHT, BEEZER and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 We must decide whether state legislators are immune from suit for allegedly firing an employee who opposed performing illegal political campaign activity. 2 * In 1985 the Washington State Senate Democratic Caucus (the "Caucus") hired Francisco Chateaubriand as a public information officer in its…