Legal Opinion
Donald L. Cale v. The City of Covington, Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1978No. 77-1239PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
On November 30, 1973, Donald L. Cale was discharged from his duties as a police officer for the City of Covington, Virginia. Chief of Police Donald Leet dismissed Cale for taking, while he was on duty, a plastic scalpel from the office of a deceased physician. Cale then brought this wrongful discharge action in the district court, only against the City of Covington, resting jurisdiction upon the existence of a federal question and an amount in controversy exceeding $10,000. The cause of action was alleged to have arisen under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the…
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