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GARZA v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 76-3898.

559 F.2d 259 (1977)

Eliseo GARZA, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Amador RODRIGUEZ, etc., Defendant, The County of Cameron, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orrin W. Johnson, Harlingen, Tex., Joe K. Hendley, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Brownsville, Tex., for Cameron County.

James C. Harrington, San Juan, Tex., James A. Douglas, San Benito, Tex., Melvin L. Wulf, Joel M. Gora, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, for Eliseo Garza.

Before GEWIN, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Eliseo Garza was an investigator for the Juvenile Probation Department of Cameron County, Texas. On the night of December 20, 1975, after a party, he was arrested for being drunk. He became belligerent, demanded preferential treatment as a probation officer, used abusively foul language, cursed the director of his department who was called to the police station, among others, finally calmed down and...

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