CLARY v. IRVIN

No. TY-80-198-CA.

501 F.Supp. 706 (1980)

W. D. CLARY et al. v. L. D. IRVIN, Chief of Police of the City of Crockett, Texas et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Texas, Tyler Division.

September 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha McCabe, Joe K. Crews, Tyler, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Charles H. Clark, Tyler, Tex., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUSTICE, Chief Judge.

Crockett is a city of some 10,000 residents, the county seat of Houston County, in East Texas. As of June 1980, its Police Department numbered only nine officers, including the Chief of Police, L. D. Irvin, one patrol sergeant, one criminal investigator, and six patrolmen.

Around January of 1980, certain citizens of Crockett began questioning the adequacy of Chief Irvin's performance at the helm of the department...

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