Legal Opinion
Burt v. Abel
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided February 22, 1979No. Civ. A. 72-537PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLATT, District Judge.
This elastic action, commenced over six (6) years ago under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has rebounded for a second time from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and it is again before this court for further proceedings. As in the late stages of a hotly contested athletic event, the party behind on the score board has changed strategy in an attempt to avoid almost certain defeat. A brief history of the convoluted course of this litigation will illuminate the issues now confronting the court.
In May, 1972, Helen Burt filed an action in this court alleging that her termination from a…
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