Legal Opinion
Pierson v. Gondles
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 11, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-1372-A, 88-0118-A to 88-0120-APublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CACHERIS, District Judge.
Before the court is the motion of defendants Arlington County Sheriff James A. Gondles, Jr. and Deputy Sheriff Thomas N. Faust’s for partial summary judgment against an award of damages arising from any alleged violation of plaintiffs’ First Amendment or Fourteenth Amendment rights. 1 As grounds for the motion, defendants assert the qualified immunity defense. For the reasons set forth below, the Motion is GRANTED.
The impetus to the lawsuit underlying this motion was the bitter and heated 1987 campaign and election for Sheriff of Arlington County.…
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