Legal Opinion
John J. Helton v. William P. Clements, Governor, State of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1987No. 86-1813PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A discharged state employee seeks redress against 42 state defendants and damages for defamation against various private persons. The district court rendered summary judgment rejecting all claims. We find that the judgment was correct in all respects except that summary judgment in favor of two of the state employees was not warranted on the present record, and we remand the case for further proceedings as to those two only.
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John J. Helton was terminated on March 30, 1982, from his position as a psychologist at the Lubbock State School, an institution operated by…
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