PETERSON v. DEAN

No. 14-5219.

777 F.3d 334 (2015)

Lisa PETERSON; Mary Lynn Bush; Diane Cashon; Glenda C. McNutt; Dana Zehner; Brenda Kay Dodson; Patricia Lumpkins; Tycia L. Kesterson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James DEAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: W. Gary Blackburn , The Blackburn Firm, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. John I. Harris III , Shulman, Leroy & Bennett, P.C., Nashville, Tennessee, for DeKalb County Appellees. ON BRIEF: W. Gary Blackburn , The Blackburn Firm, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. John I. Harris III , Shulman, Leroy & Bennett, P.C., Nashville, Tennessee, for DeKalb County Appellees. Jeffrey M. Ward , Thomas J. Garland, Jr. , Milligan & Coleman PLLP, Greeneville, Tennessee, for Hawkins County Appellees. John D. Schwalb , John D. Schwalb , PLLC, Franklin, Tennessee, for Cannon County Appellees. Robert O. Binkley, Jr. , Geoffrey A. Lindley , Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, P.L.C., Jackson, Tennessee, for Weakley County Appellees.

GRIFFIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SILER, J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 20-26), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

In this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs, former county administrators of elections from eight counties in Tennessee, allege that following the 2008 statewide elections and a shift in the controlling political party in the state assembly, they were ousted from their positions...

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