Legal Opinion
Akers v. Caperton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1993No. 92-2157PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, former West Virginia County Maintenance Superintendents transferred because of their political affiliation, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit seeking damages and equitable relief. The district court granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on liability, denied the defendants’ defense of qualified immunity, and' set the case for trial to determine damages. The defendants appealed.
We affirm the district court’s ruling that the plaintiffs’ transfers pursuant to W.Va. Code § 29-6-4(d) violated their civil rights, we reverse the district…
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