Legal Opinion
Robert C. McMullen v. Dale Carson, Individually and as Sheriff of the City of Jacksonville, Fla., and City of Jacksonville, Fla.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 8, 1985No. 83-3579PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Robert C. McMullen brought a 42 U.S. C.A. § 1983 suit against Dale Carson, individually and in his position as Sheriff of the City of Jacksonville, Florida, and against the City of Jacksonville, Florida. McMullen, a clerical employee in the Sheriffs office, was fired after he was interviewed on a locally televised news broadcast as a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan. The district court, 568 F.Supp. 937, dismissed the action after making detailed findings concerning the perceived violent nature of the Klan, and of the serious racial tension which McMullen’s television…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Rankin v. McPhersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- McCabe v. SharrettCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Robinson v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc.District Court, M.D. Florida · 1991
- Mccabe v. SharrettCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Albert R. Piarowski v. Illinois Community College District 515, Prairie State CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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