Legal Opinion
Burns v. Board of County Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 3, 2003No. 02-3121PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
This civil rights appeal raises the following notable issue: whether deposition corrections are subject to a “sham affidavit” analysis. We answer this question in the affirmative. As to the merits of plaintiffs constitutional challenge, arising from the termination of his employment with the Jackson County, Kansas Road and Bridge Department (the “Department”), we conclude that plaintiff has failed to show a genuine issue of material fact as to whether his termination was racially motivated in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, or…
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