Legal Opinion
Brunton v. United States
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided June 30, 1981No. C-2-81-523PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KINNEARY, District Judge.
Nineteen plaintiffs who are Democrats and were formerly employed as State Directors of the Farmers Home Administration [FmHA] of the United States Department of Agriculture [USDA], filed this suit seeking injunctive relief from their political patronage dismissals by President Reagan’s Administration. Before the Court are plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and defendant’s motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment.
Plaintiffs 1 allege that they were dismissed from their federal employment by the new Administration…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Arnett v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Arnaldo Jimenez Fuentes v. Honorable Jaime Torres GaztambideCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Stott v. HaworthCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Brown v. TrenchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Luis O. Juarbe-Angueira v. Luis Rafael Arias, Director of the Public Building AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Jorge Hiram Collazo Rivera v. Hon. Jaime Torres GaztambideCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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