Legal Opinion
Leo Sheppard v. Arthur N. Lee Joe Shirley, Jr. Ambrose Shepherd
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1991No. 89-16188PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Leo Sheppard is a former employee of Apache County, Arizona, who worked with the road maintenance crew on the Navajo Indian reservation. He was fired by the defendants, who are the members of the Apache County Board of Supervisors, because he filed petitions declaring his intention to run for a seat on the Board. The defendants fired him pursuant to a May 16, 1988, amendment to the Apache County employee rules and regulations which provides that “No employee may remain employed if he offers himself for nomination or election to any salaried Apache County, State of…
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