Legal Opinion
Athel B. Cooper, Cross-Appellee v. William E. Smith, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Camden County, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 26, 1996No. 94-8992PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
In 1993 appellant/cross-appellee Athel B. Cooper (“Cooper”) filed the instant 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against appellee/cross-appellant William E. Smith (“Smith”). Smith is the Sheriff of Camden County, Georgia, and Cooper was one of his deputies. Cooper alleges that Smith refused to renew his commission as a deputy because Cooper cooperated with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) during its investigation into corruption at the Camden County Sheriffs Department. The district court granted in part and denied in part Smith’s motion for summary judgment on qualified…
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