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CARLYLE v. SITTERSON

No. 74-0038-Civ-4.

438 F.Supp. 956 (1975)

Francis Craig CARLYLE, Plaintiff, v. Simon SITTERSON, Mayor of the City of Kinston, North Carolina, Joseph C. Taylor, City Manager, City of Kinston, Ottis Koonce, Chief, City of Kinston Fire Department, and Dudley D. Foster, James C. Ward, Frederick J. Albritton, Mansfield H. Creech, and W. C. Dortch, Councilmen, City of Kinston, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. North Carolina, New Bern Division.

December 15, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darris W. Koonce, Trenton, N. C., for plaintiff.

Vernon H. Rochelle, of Jeffress, Hodges, Morris & Rochelle, Kinston, N. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

LARKINS, Chief Judge:

This is a civil rights action by a former fireman employed by the City of Kinston, North Carolina, in which it is alleged that the defendants acting under color of state law dismissed him from employment in violation of rights guaranteed to him under the United States Constitution. The plaintiff is seeking both compensatory and punitive damages. Jurisdiction of this Court is allegedly invoked pursuant to...

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