Legal Opinion

Charles F. Allen v. City of Greensboro, North Carolina

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided December 30, 1971No. 71-1361PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of the district court, 322 F.Supp. 873, that denial of the right to counsel and confrontation in a police disciplinary hearing did not amount to an unconstitutional denial of due process of law. The district court also concluded that the defendant’s regulation prohibiting conduct “unbecoming an officer and a gentleman” was not unconstitutionally vague under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We affirm.

A General Board of Inquiry was convened pursuant to the regulations of the Greensboro Police Department to investigate…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Grabinger v. ConliskDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1970
  4. Allen v. City of GreensboroDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1971

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Janet Shawgo and Stanley Whisenhunt v. Lee Spradlin, Chief of Police, City of Amarillo, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  2. Arvo W. Kannisto and the San Francisco Police Officers Association v. The City and County of San Francisco, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
  3. Piscottano v. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
  4. Bence v. BreierCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  5. Fabio v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, ETC.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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