Legal Opinion
Payung v. Williamson
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided September 26, 1990No. C.A. 87-151-1-MAC (WDO)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
OWENS, Chief Judge.
The issues before the court concern whether the City of Cochran, Georgia may be held liable for the actions of its then mayor, “Happy” Howard Williamson, in terminating the employment of the city’s fire chief, Barry Lee Payung, without affording him a pre-termination hearing. After a pretrial conference held on February 28, 1990, the parties filed memoranda and submitted the issue of municipal liability for the court’s determination. After careful consideration of the memoranda submitted by counsel and the record as a whole, the court makes the following findings of…
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