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WILLIAMS v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

No. 77-2305.

629 F.2d 993 (1980)

Larry WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA, et al., Defendants, Edward T. Kassinger, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Robert S. Stubbs, II, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Don A. Langham, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred L. Evans, Jr., Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

J. Hue Henry, Andrew H. Marshall, Athens, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, CHARLES CLARK and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 6, 1980.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge.

After a jury trial in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, the appellee was awarded damages for being wrongfully discharged for engaging in a protected First Amendment activity. The appellant charges numerous errors essentially comprehended by the ruling of the district court that evidence tending to establish a confidentiality policy towards police accident reports was inadmissible...

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