Legal Opinion
Jimmie McBee v. Jim Hogg County, Texas, Javier Alfonso Hinojosa v. Jim Hogg County, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1983No. 81-2465PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARZA, Circuit Judge:
On January 1, 1981, Gilbert Ybanez, the newly elected sheriff of Jim Hogg County, Texas, assumed office, retaining one of his predecessor’s deputies and one of his predecessor’s dispatchers. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, five former employees — three field deputies and two dispatchers — bring this consolidated action contending that Sheriff Ybanez’s personnel decisions unlawfully abridged their first amendment rights under the political patronage cases of Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976); Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507, 100 S.Ct. 1287, 63…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Jenkins v. MedfordCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Donald C. Tomczak v. The City of Chicago, an Illinois Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Jones v. DodsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Jimmie McBee v. Jim Hogg County, Texas and Gilbert Ybanez, Javier Alfonso Hinojosa v. Jim Hogg County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Leroy J. Matherne, Cross-Appellant v. Charles C. Wilson, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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