Legal Opinion
Fikes v. City of Daphne
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 9, 1996No. 94-7216PublishedCited by 261 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether the district court erred in dismissing, for failure to state a claim, a police officer’s complaint alleging that he was discharged from his employment for exercising his freedom of speech. We find that the complaint does state a claim. We therefore VACATE the court’s judgment and REMAND the case for further proceedings.
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On October 19, 1989, appellant went to work for the City of Daphne, Alabama, as an officer in its police department. On July 15, 1992, following a pretermination hearing, the City discharged appellant for “good…
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