Legal Opinion
Carol Conklin v. Leo E. Lovely Joe W. Wakeley and John Huss
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1987No. 86-1607PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILBURN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee Carol Conklin filed an action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3) against defendants-appellants alleging that she was discharged from her position as a county employee because of her political activities and in violation of her First Amendment rights. After the district court overruled the defendants’ motion for a summary judgment, the case proceeded to trial, and a jury verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff in which she was awarded $40,000.00 in compensatory damages for back wages. Subsequently, the district court ordered the plaintiff…
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