Legal Opinion
Daniels v. City of Arlington
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 9, 2001No. 00-11191PublishedCited by 357 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant George Daniels appeals two rulings by the district court in this First Amendment employment case: the denial of his motion for partial summary judgment, and the grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appel-lees, the City of Arlington and its police chief (collectively, “the city”). Finding Daniels’s claims to be meritless, we affirm the ruling of the district court.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Daniels was an Arlington police officer for thirteen years. While working in a plainclothes position, he began wearing on his shirt a small, gold cross pin…
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