WILSON v. ROBINSON

No. 81-1102.

668 F.2d 380 (1981)

Rick A. WILSON, Jerrel A. Schultz and Walter Lewis Sayers, Jr., Appellees, James R. Bump; Charles W. Perry, III; Vera A. Davis; Don Briley; Lewis W. Biggs; Velma D. Lake; Robert E. Lee Brown; John C. Poe; John Norris; Charles L. Carty; and James Williams, Appellees, Jim J. Martin, Herman Uekman, Melvin G. Jones and Joe E. Johnson, Appellees, v. Tommy ROBINSON, Individually and in his Official Position as Sheriff-Elect of Pulaski County, Arkansas, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Fuqua, argued, Wallace, Hilburn, Clayton & Calhoon, Ltd., North Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Gilker & Swan, Fort Smith, Ark., for Arkansas Sheriff's Ass'n.

Dan J. Kroha and Robert A. Newcomb, argued, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The Sheriff of Pulaski County, Arkansas, appeals from an injunction which prohibits him from discharging certain deputies unless such actions comply with administrative procedures required under a county ordinance. We affirm the district court, 506 F.Supp. 1236, as modified herein.

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Tommy Robinson was elected Sheriff of Pulaski County and assumed office on January 1, 1981. Three weeks...

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