Legal Opinion

Susan Waters Robert Leonhardt v. Gaston County, North Carolina

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided June 28, 1995No. 94-2472PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG joined. Judge WIDENER wrote a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Susan Waters Leonhardt and Robert Leonhardt (the Leonhardts) work as paramedics in the Emergency Medical Ser*424vices Department of Appellee Gaston County, North Carolina (the County). The Leon-hardts filed this declaratory judgment action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), four days before their wedding, alleging that the County’s anti-nepotism policy (which barred spouses from working in the same…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Zablocki v. RedhailSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Barbara Cutts v. Mark S. Fowler, Chairman, Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
  5. Edward Keckeisen v. Independent School District 612Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  4. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States v. Clary & Moore, P.C. Matthew A. Clary, IIICourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
  5. John R. Williams, Jr. v. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Sherwin E. Little, ph.d. Phillip M. Hamme, Msw Linda WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997

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