Legal Opinion
Ezra Waters v. Clinton Chaffin, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 3, 1982No. 81-7779PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we must decide whether a policeman may be disciplined for intemperately criticizing the police chief in front of another police officer while off-duty. We conclude that under the peculiar circumstances of this case a policeman may not be disciplined for such conduct. We therefore reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for further proceedings.
I
Appellant Ezra Waters was a captain in the Fulton County Police Department until his dismissal on February 1, 1979. In April and May 1978 the department was investigating Waters for a number of…
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