Legal Opinion
Terry Sykes v. Roy McDowell Individually & as Sheriff of Etowah County, Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 15, 1986No. 85-7262PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we affirm the award of damages to a deputy sheriff fired because of activities protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
I. FACTS
On October 1, 1977, the Etowah County Sheriff’s Department employed Terry Sykes as a “road deputy.” On August 30, 1980, Roy McDowell was appointed sheriff to fill a vacancy created by the death of the previous sheriff. In October, 1981, Sheriff McDowell called Sykes to his office and accused Sykes of publicly making derogatory remarks about him. In October, 1981, and in April, 1982, McDowell…
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