Legal Opinion
Keith Vaughn Jennifer Vaughn v. Lawrenceburg Power System
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 19, 2001No. 00-5466PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Keith Vaughn and Jennifer Vaughn, former employees of defendant Lawrenceburg Power System (“LPS”), filed an action in Tennessee state court alleging that their terminations from LPS in February 1998 violated their rights under the United States Constitution, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and under the Tennessee Human Rights Act (THRA), Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-21-101 et seq. Specifically, the Vaughns objected to LPS’s “anti-nepotism” policy, which requires the resignation of one spouse in the event two employees marry. They claim this policy is…
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