Legal Opinion
Paxton v. Bearden
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided February 18, 1992No. GC89-327-S-OPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SENTER, Chief Judge.
A nonjury trial was held in this case on September 26, 1991. Pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 52, the court is now prepared to issue its findings of fact and conclusions of law.
FINDINGS OF FACT
On August 5, 1987, the plaintiff, Anita Paxton, began work as the Deputy Circuit Clerk of Humphreys County, Mississippi. The circuit clerk, and Paxton’s immediate supervisor, was the late James Robert Doyle. Although it was Doyle who made the decision to hire Paxton and the Board was not consulted beforehand, the official minutes from the Humphreys County Board of Supervisors meeting…
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