Legal Opinion
Bledsoe v. City of Horn Lake MS
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 10, 2006No. 04-60983PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Circuit Judge:
Leroy E. Bledsoe, Jr. appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the City of Horn Lake, Mississippi. The issues are whether the City deprived Bled-soe of a liberty interest by discharging him in connection with false, publicized, and stigmatizing charges without notice or an opportunity to clear his name and whether the City deprived Bledsoe of a property interest in accrued vacation hours without notice or a hearing. We conclude that Bledsoe’s liberty interest deprivation claim fails because he never requested a name-clearing hearing, and his property…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Joyce Wells v. Hico Independent School District, Etc., Veriena Braune v. Hico Independent School District, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by51 opinions
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