Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied November 7, 1980.
FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.
The narrow question presented by this appeal is whether a public employee can maintain an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or § 1985(3) when his termination is announced, and presumably defamatory statements are made about him, but retractions are made and he is "rehired" before the effective date of the termination. We agree with the district court that on these facts...
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