WILLIAMS v. ALLEN

No. 29894.

439 F.2d 1398 (1971)

B. M. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ivan ALLEN, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beryl H. Weiner, Roy J. Leite, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas F. Choyce, Henry L. Bowden, John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Allen L. Chancey, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before RIVES, GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

B. M. Williams filed suit against the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, and the Police Committee of Atlanta, Georgia, alleging he was unconstitutionally discharged from his employment on the city's police force. The district court denied relief by entering an order granting summary judgment for the defendants. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

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