Legal Opinion
Seegmiller v. LaVerkin City
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 10, 2008No. 07-4096PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to consider whether a municipality’s decision to privately reprimand a police officer for her off-duty sexual conduct violated the Constitution. Because we conclude the reprimand was reasonably related to police department policies, we find no constitutional violation.
Sharon Johnson was an officer with the LaVerkin City, Utah, police department. During an out-of-town training seminar paid for in part by the City, she had an affair with another officer who was not a member of her department. Her husband, incensed by the City’s failure to…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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