Fred Hansen, Joanne Hansen, Daryl Sparks and Betty Tueller v. Randall White and Bear Lake County

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Fred Hansen, Joanne Hansen, and Betty Tueller were employees of the Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Department. Upon the election of a new sheriff in 1983, appellants were given written notice that they were being terminated. Appellants brought suit in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 charging that their terminations were in retaliation for their support of another sheriff candidate and that they were not afforded procedural due process in the form of a hearing prior to being fired. Pendent to their federal claims, appellants brought a cause of action…