Legal Opinion
Dixon v. MAYOR & COUNCIL OF CITY OF WILMINGTON
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided May 4, 1981No. Civ. A. 78-470PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.
In this civil rights action, a former policeman, Kenneth M. Dixon (“plaintiff”), brings suit against the Chief of Police, Harry Manelski, and the Mayor and City Council of Wilmington (“defendants”), on the ground that his dismissal from the police force violated his right to procedural due process. On defendants’ motion for summary judgment, 1 the important though narrow issue before the Court is whether a public employee who has successfully completed a mandatory probationary period of employment and is subsequently placed on disciplinary…
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