Legal Opinion
Micah Phillips v. City of Dallas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2015No. 14-10379PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Chief Judge:
In 2011, Micah Phillips — then a 12-year veteran of the Dallas Fire Department— announced his candidacy in the Democratic primary for a seat on the Dallas County Commissioners Court. At that time, city laws prevented city employees from seeking office in any county overlapping the city of Dallas (as Dallas County does). The City subsequently terminated Phillips for violating those laws. In this suit, dismissed on the pleadings by the district court, Phillips challenges those laws both facially and as applied to him. We AFFIRM.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
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