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CROUSE v. TOWN OF MONCKS CORNER

No. 16-1039.

848 F.3d 576 (2017)

Richard CROUSE; George T. Winningham, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TOWN OF MONCKS CORNER; James Chad Caldwell, Chief of Police, Moncks Corner Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 15, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Shon Robert Hopwood , GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Christopher Wofford Johnson , GIGNILLIAT, SAVITZ & BETTIS, L.L.P., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Steven H. Goldblatt , Appellate Litigation Program, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C.; Marybeth Mullaney , Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; Jennifer Munter Stark , Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for Appellants.

Derwood L. Aydlette, III , GIGNILLIAT, SAVITZ & BETTIS, L.L.P., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Floyd joined. Judge Motz wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.

Appellants are two police officers who appeal their dismissal from the force, claiming that it was in retaliation for the exercise of their First Amendment rights. The district court granted qualified immunity to the police chief on the ground that it was unclear whether the officers had acted as private citizens or government...

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