Legal Opinion
Terry v. Cook
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 12, 1989No. 87-7456PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATKINS, District Judge:
This court is presented with the wholesale refusal of a newly elected sheriff to reappoint or rehire any of his predecessor’s employees. The complaint alleged that the newly elected sheriff discharged the plaintiffs for political reasons in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and for racial reasons in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of the section 1983 claims of the deputy sheriffs but reverse its dismissal of the claims of the clerks, investigators, dispatchers, jailers, and process servers. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by124 opinions
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