Legal Opinion
Elaine Matthews v. Columbia County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 19, 2002No. 01-10863PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Per curiam
This case deals with the question of whether a county can be held liable, under Section 1983, when some — but less than a majority — of the county’s commissioners vote to eliminate a public employee’s job for an unconstitutional reason. We conclude that it cannot.
BACKGROUND
This suit arises out of the elimination of Plaintiff Elaine Matthews’s (“Plaintiff’) job with Defendant Colombia County (“County”). Plaintiff was employed by the County as Director of Administrative Services. In 1993, the five-member County Board of Commissioners voted to eliminate several County positions; Plaintiffs job…
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