Legal Opinion
Ted P. Campbell v. Ernest Mercer, as Mayor of Elmore City, and as an Individual
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1991No. 89-6324PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. THOMAS GREENE, District Judge.
Ernest Mercer, Mayor of Elmore City, Oklahoma, brings this interlocutory appeal from the district court’s order rejecting Mercer’s defense of qualified immunity to plaintiff’s property interest claim. For reasons set forth herein, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff-appellee, Ted Campbell, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in connection with the termination of his employment as Chief of Police of Elmore City, Oklahoma. Defendant-appellant, Ernest Mercer, was elected Mayor of Elmore City in March 1987. Mayor Mercer terminated Campbell’s employment in July, 1987,…
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