Legal Opinion
William Ellington v. City of East Cleveland
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2012No. 11-3700PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLELAND, District Judge.
In August 2008, Plaintiff William Ellington accepted the position of Deputy Clerk of the City Council of East Cleveland and walked into a political crossfire. The City Council wanted him in, but the then-May- or, Defendant Eric Brewer, stood in the way. Not until November 2008, after the resolution of an approximately three-month-long standoff between the City Council and the Mayor, did Ellington begin receiving regular paychecks and com pensation for wages unpaid since he had begun performing services.
Ellington later filed this lawsuit in the United States…
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