Legal Opinion
Summe v. Kenton County Clerk's Office
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 10, 2010No. 09-5794PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAN AARON POLSTER, District Judge.
In November 2006, Rodney Eldridge defeated Aline Summe, then-Chief Deputy County Clerk, in a campaign for the position of County Clerk in Kenton County, Kentucky. Shortly thereafter, Eldridge sent a letter to all County Clerk’s office employees directing them to submit applications for rehire. In December 2006, Eldridge sent letters to Summe and seven deputy clerks who supported her campaign, notifying them that he was discontinuing their employment beginning January 1, 2007. Summe subsequently commenced this action in the Eastern District of Kentucky,…
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