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COFIELD v. CITY OF ATLANTA

No. 80-7229.

648 F.2d 986 (1981)

George M. COFIELD, (Carole Jones, as the Administratrix of the Estate of George M. Cofield, deceased), Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF ATLANTA and J. D. Hudson, etc., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

June 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferrin Y. Mathews, Bernard R. Thomas, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Amy Totenberg, Al Horn, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and HILL and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

George M. Cofield began work as a custodial officer at the Atlanta City Jail in May, 1973. On August 12, 1976, Cofield was transferred from the Jail to the Farm Division. Because he "could not abide the transfer order," Appellee's Brief at 2, he did not report to work at the Farm. He was discharged for job abandonment. Believing that the transfer and subsequent discharge were prompted by his...

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