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FRANCIA v. WHITE

Nos. 77-1821, 77-1822.

594 F.2d 778 (1979)

Alfred FRANCIA and Gennaro Ferrara, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. Patrick M. WHITE, Individually and as Sheriff of Sandoval County, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided March 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond W. Schowers of Sutin, Thayer & Browne, Albuquerque, N. M., for plaintiffs-appellees and cross-appellants.

Louis E. Valencia, Bernalillo, N. M. (Warren O. F. Harris, Albuquerque, N. M., on brief), for defendant-appellant and cross-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and BARRETT and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

This is a § 1983 civil rights action in which the plaintiffs, who were deputy sheriffs in Sandoval County, New Mexico, allege that they were terminated from their employment by the defendant, who was elected sheriff in November 1976; that the reason for their termination was that he was a Republican and that they were Democrats; that each of them had supported the defendant's Democratic opponent in the November 2, 1976 general...

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