Legal Opinion

Collins v. Robinson

District Court, E.D. Arkansas

Decided August 3, 1983No. LR-C-82-358PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WOODS, District Judge.

The Pleadings

Claiming that he had been wrongfully discharged, Charles Collins, a black sergeant in the correction division of the Pulaski County Sheriff’s office, sued Sheriff Tommy Robinson on May 17, 1982 for violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., along with 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His complaint was amended on November 8, 1982 to include allegations under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and to specifically allege that the § 1983 violations involved his rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Cromer v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
  2. Cromer v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
  3. Michael G. Perry v. Joseph M. LarsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  4. Green Forest Public Schools v. HerringtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
  5. Roberts v. Van Buren Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985

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