Legal Opinion
Robert Collins v. Carl Thomas, Sheriff v. Dallas County, Intervenors-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1981No. 79-3360PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal was argued and is decided in tandem with Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193 (5th Cir. 1981), a related dispute over personnel decisions in the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office during Sheriff Carl Thomas’ regime. Sheriff Thomas fired Robert Collins, Robert Knowles and Ross Bracey from their supervisory positions with the Sheriff’s -Office in March 1979. The three deputies joined in filing this lawsuit against Sheriff Thomas alleging that they were discharged in violation of their civil rights secured by 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 & 1985. The plaintiffs’ original…
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