Legal Opinion
Johnson v. City of Shelby
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 10, 2014No. 13-1318PublishedCited by 450 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion *346 PER CURIAM.
Plaintiffs below, petitioners here, worked as police officers for the city of Shelby, Mississippi. They allege that they were fired by the city's board of aldermen, not for deficient performance, but because they brought to light criminal activities of one of the aldermen. Charging violations of their Fourteenth Amendment due process rights, they sought compensatory relief from the city. Summary judgment was entered against them in the District Court, and affirmed on appeal, for failure to invoke 42 U.S.C. § 1983in their complaint.
We summarily reverse. Federal pleading…
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