Cochran v. City of Atlanta

Leigh Martin May, United States District Judge

This case comes before the Court on Defendants City of Atlanta, Georgia, and Mayor Kasim Reed's Motion for Summary Judgment [105] and Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [107].1 This matter concerns whether the City could fire the Fire Chief of the Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department ("AFRD") for publishing a book to be used as a religious guide for men that contains passages identifying those who engage in homosexual and extramarital sex as "naked"-or "wicked," "un-Godly" sinners-whose deaths will be celebrated. See Cochran Dep., Dkt.…