Legal Opinion
M. Glynn Gattis and Mark D. Bowman v. Carroll Gravett, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Pulaski County, Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1987No. 86-1444PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Carroll Gravett, Sheriff of Pulaski County, Arkansas, appeals from a judgment of the district court finding that the manner in which he fired two employees holding the rank of “major” in his office violated their procedural due process rights under the fourteenth amendment.
Appellees, M. Glynn Gattis and Mark D. Bowman, were hired in January 1981 as majors in the Pulaski County Sheriffs office. In November 1982 the voters of Pulaski County voted to bring the county within the civil service system established by Act 952, 1977, codified as ARK.STAT.ANN. §§ 12-1120…
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