Legal Opinion
Smith v. Price
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided September 21, 1977No. Civ. A. 77-39-AthPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, District Judge:
Employees of the City of Athens, Georgia, are subject to Merit System Rules and Regulations which provide grounds for dismissal. Police officers of the city are also subject to eighteen (18) single-spaced typewritten pages of rules and regulations last promulgated September 3, 1976, which contain many grounds for dismissal.
Plaintiff Willie R. Smith, an Athens police officer since January 15, 1972, was dismissed on June 10, 1977, for violation of these rules and regulations. After appealing to the City of Athens Personnel Board and losing, he filed this lawsuit alleging…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Briggs v. North Muskegon Police DepartmentDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1983
- Willie R. Smith v. Everett E. Price, Chief of Police, Athens, Georgia, and City of Athens Personnel Board, City of Athens, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Swope v. BrattonDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1982
- Matter of RaynesMontana Supreme Court · 1985
- Duckworth v. SayadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
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