Legal Opinion

Williams v. Morris

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided November 27, 1996No. Civil Action 96-0008-DPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KISER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Jeffrey Lee Williams is a former police officer with the City of Danville in its Department of Public Safety (“the police department” or “DPD”). In Count I of the amended complaint, Williams alleges that defendants Morris, the chief of police, and Griffin, the city manager, violated Williams’ free speech rights by terminating him in December, 1994, in retaliation for his speaking out on a matter of public concern. In Count II, Williams alleges that defendants Morris and Elliott, the assistant chief of police, fostered a racially hostile work…

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