Legal Opinion

Anderson v. City of LaVergne

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 16, 2004No. 02-6094, 02-6248PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Michael Anderson and the City of LaV-ergne cross-appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Anderson, .and a jury’s award of damages, on Anderson’s claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging the deprivation of his constitutionally protected right of intimate association. Because reasonable jurors could conclude only that the City’s policy forbidding Anderson from dating a higher-ranking colleague rationally furthered a legitimate governmental interest, we conclude that the- district court should have granted summary judgment for the…

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3Cited by39 opinions

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