Legal Opinion
Beckham v. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 13, 1985No. Nos. 84-1211(L), 84-1261PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
The present appeal arises from an action brought by Thomas G. Beckham (“Beck-ham”), a former narcotics detective with the Horry County South Carolina Police Department (“the police department”) who was discharged by the defendant, Chief J. Gordon Harris (“Harris”),1 on February 28, 1981 after submitting false information in an incident report and in an affidavit used to procure search and arrest warrants. Beckham asserts that he was discharged without a pre-termination hearing in violation of his right to procedural due process secured by the fourteenth amendment to…
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