Legal Opinion
McKinney v. Board of Trustees of Mayland Community College
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1992No. 91-1523PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
The plaintiffs,1 former employees of Mayland Community College, which is a part of the North Carolina community college system, sued the defendants in state court alleging that they had been unlawfully discharged because of their political affiliations, or, in the case of Barbara McKinney, for writing a letter critical of how the college selected its president. The defendants removed the case to federal district court and sought summary judgment. After the plaintiffs moved to remand the case to state court, the district court denied the plaintiffs’ motion to remand…
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