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CITY OF KINGSPORT v. QUILLEN

512 S.W.2d 569 (1974)

CITY OF KINGSPORT et al. v. Wayne QUILLEN et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry R. Dillow and W.E. Weber, Jr., Kingsport, David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Howard E. Wilson, Wilson, Worley, Gamble, Dodson & Ward, F. Allan Kelly, Hunter, Smith, Davis, Norris, Waddey & Treadway, Kingsport, for appellees.

OPINION

McCANLESS, Justice.

This case is on direct appeal to determine whether the actions of certain city officials amounted to "willful wrongdoing" so as to bar them from being reimbursed by the city for damages they incurred in a federal civil rights action. The trial court held that the city was obligated to reimburse the city officials. The appellants are Wayne Quillen, a resident of Kingsport, and E.L. Shelor, recorder and treasurer for the City of...

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