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JEFFERSON COUNTY v. REACH

77-494.

368 So.2d 250 (1978)

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama, a Political Subdivision of the State of Alabama v. Jacob Harold REACH.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory T. Bittner, Birmingham, for appellant.

J. Wm. Thomason, Birmingham, for appellee.

W. Gerald Stone, Bessemer, for Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama, as amicus curiae.

SHORES, Justice.

Jacob Harold Reach had been employed as a deputy sheriff for Jefferson County, Alabama, for six years prior to his dismissal by the sheriff on July 24, 1975. Reach was given a written statement of the reasons for his dismissal but was not given a hearing prior to termination. After his dismissal, he filed notice of appeal with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County on August 1, 1975. He also brought an action, based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in federal...

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