Legal Opinion
Rathjen v. Litchfield
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1989No. 88-2364PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Dr. Diana Rathjen, a specialist in industrial organizational psychology, was hired by the City of Houston in 1979 and shortly afterward promoted to Assistant Director of Personnel. In early 1983 she accepted a voluntary demotion to the post of Senior Personnel Administrator, and her working conditions continued to deteriorate after she filed this lawsuit protesting her demotion. Based on her claims of a procedural due process violation and retaliation for exercise of first amendment rights, a jury awarded her $5,000 actual damages and $25,000 punitive damages…
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