Wooten v. City of Atlanta

Shulman, Judge.

Appellants, upon their termination from the Atlanta Bureau of Police Services (hereinafter "Bureau”), brought a proceeding for declaratory and injunctive relief against *569appellees — City of Atlanta, Maynard H. Jackson, and A. Reginald Eaves. After distributing handbills critical of the city’s administration, appellants were brought before the Bureau’s Disciplinary Hearing Panel (hereinafter "Panel”), on a charge of violating Rule 508 of the Bureau, which rule requires members of the Police Department to "speak the truth.” Appellants’ complaint alleged that Rule 508 is…