JACKSON v. STINCHCOMB

No. 77-878 Civ. T-K.

451 F.Supp. 494 (1978)

James B. JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. Harold STINCHCOMB, Individually and as Fire Chief of the City of Sarasota, Florida, William Schultz, Individually and as Captain and Assistant Fire Chief of the City of Sarasota, Florida, Elmer Taylor, Individually and as a Captain of the Fire Department of the City of Sarasota, Florida, Everett W. Erdoesy, Individually and as Director of Personnel and Safety Activities of the City of Sarasota, Florida, Kenneth Thompson, Individually and as City Manager of the City of Sarasota, Florida, Elmer G. Berkel, Individually and as Commissioner of the City of Sarasota, Florida, Thomas J. Saprito, Individually and as Commissioner of the City of Sarasota, Florida, Ted M. Sperling, Individually and as Commissioner of the City of Sarasota, Florida, Frederick E. Soto, Individually and as Commissioner of the City of Sarasota, Florida, and Ronald W. Norman, Indiv. and as Mayor and Commissioner of the City of Sarasota, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Tampa Division.

Order May 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Dent, Jr. and Geoffrey Pflugner, Sarasota, Fla., for plaintiff.

Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, New York City, William C. Strode, Sarasota, Fla., John R. Bush, Tampa, Fla., for defendants.


ORDER

KRENTZMAN, District Judge.

This case came before the Court upon the plaintiff's motion for injunctive relief filed on February 9, 1978. Both parties filed substantial memoranda of law and affidavits.

The motion was heard February 16, 1978.

Plaintiff contends that he was arbitrarily and unreasonably terminated from his employment as a Firefighter-EMT 1 with the City of Sarasota because of his prior felony conviction. Plaintiff was adjudicated...

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