DEAN v. SHIRER

No. 75-1145.

547 F.2d 227 (1976)

Clyde C. DEAN, Appellant, v. Vernon SHIRER and John Dukes Wactor, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Pope, III, Columbia, S. C. (Daniel A. Speights, Glenn, Porter & Sullivan, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

Joseph C. Coleman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., of S. C., W. Turner Klapman, Orangeburg, S. C. (Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., of S. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, WIDENER, Circuit Judge, and WATKINS, Senior District Judge.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge.

Clyde C. Dean appeals the dismissal on motion for summary judgment of his complaint against Vernon Shirer, alleging that he was "deprived of his personal freedom, of the liberty to express his views and to practice his profession, and was embarrassed, humiliated, and put in fear of his life" under color of state law in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges the same acts are actionable under the law of South Carolina.

Dean was...

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