Legal Opinion
Carver v. Dennis
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided May 15, 1995No. 2:94-0081PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MORTON, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff is a former deputy clerk of the County Court Clerk’s office in Jackson County, Tennessee. She brought this § 1983 action against her former employer, the Jackson County Court Clerk, claiming that defendant violated her First Amendment rights by terminating her after she engaged in protected political activity. Specifically, plaintiff announced her intention to run for her boss’s office in the upcoming election. One day after plaintiff announced her candidacy, defendant fired her.
Pending before the court are defendant’s motions…
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- Denise Carver v. Mildred Dennis, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as County Court Clerk of Jackson County, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997