Chelsea Merta

Chelsea Merta's Legal Cases (2)

Election campaigns and political law Lawyer

Practice Areas: Election Campaigns & Political Law, Business ... +4 more

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Civil rights

Currie v City of Ferguson

Nov 01, 2015

OUTCOME: Settlement

Police brutality case against the City of Ferguson and several of its police officers for unlawful arrest & detention.

Civil rights

Simmons, et al, v. Butler

N/A

OUTCOME: Settlement

Four senior management employees were fired when Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler was sworn into office. The employees sued for violations of the First Amendment rights to free speech, as they believed ... Butler terminated their employment because they did not support his political campaign against their then-boss. Butler replaced the fired employees with his campaign staff and campaign donors. The parties settled out of court for six figures.

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