Legal Opinion
Kathleen Cope and Teresa D. Davis v. Devra S. Heltsley, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Hopkins County Court Clerk
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1997No. 95-6696PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNelson, J., joined by Daughtrey, J.,
COHN, D.J. (461-462), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is a civil rights action brought against a newly-elected Kentucky county clerk by two deputy clerks who were passed over for reappointment when the defendant took office. There is a dispute as to whether the defendant's decision not to retain the plaintiffs was based on the latters’ job performance, as opposed to the fact that they had backed other candidates in primary and general elections won by the defendant.
Regardless of how this factual dispute might be resolved, the defendant took…
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