Legal Opinion
Sandra S. Smith v. Ted W. Sushka
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1997No. 95-4261PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoggs, J., joined by Norris, J.,
LIVELY, J. (pp. 971-974), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Sandra S. Smith appeals from a magistrate judge’s1 grant of summary judgment to defendant Ted W. Sushka in this dispute over an allegedly political firing. Smith filed suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, alleging that she had been terminated as administrative assistant to the Washington County, Ohio engineer, in violation of her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The magistrate judge, in reaching his decision in favor of Sushka, held that Smith was collaterally estopped from…
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