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Bass v. Spitz

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided September 18, 1981No. Civ. A. 78-71712PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FEIKENS, Chief Judge.

Dr. Millard Bass brought this suit against his former employer, Wayne County, Michigan, and the person who appointed him, Dr. Werner Spitz, Wayne County Medical Examiner. 1 In 1976, plaintiff was “indefinitely suspended” from his position as an assistant medical examiner for Wayne County, and prosecuted on criminal charges of mutilating dead bodies. The charges were dismissed at the preliminary examination. These facts are set forth more fully in my earlier Opinion. Bass v. Spitz, 510 F.Supp. 182 (E.D.Mich.1981).

Plaintiff presented both a federal and a state law…

2Cases cited67 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by12 opinions

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