Legal Opinion
Purvis v. Williams
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 25, 2003No. 88,286PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brazil, S.J.:
Plaintiff, L. John Purvis, a former conservation officer with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, brought an employment discrimination suit against department officials in their individual and official capacities (Defendants). He claimed Defendants, in terminating his employment, (1) violated 29 U.S.C. § 794 (2000) of the federal Rehabilitation Act; (2) violated federal civil rights law under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000); and (3) discharged him in retaliation for exercising his rights under the Kansas Civil Service System and for…
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