BUNTING v. CITY OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 79-1765, 79-1803.

639 F.2d 1090 (1981)

Charles E. BUNTING and Kenneth Tyler, Appellees, v. The CITY OF COLUMBIA, a body politic and municipal corporation; John T. Campbell, Mayor; William C. Ouzts; R. E. L. Freeman; T. Patton Adams; and Kirkman Finlay, members of Council for the City of Columbia; Graydon V. Olive, Jr., Columbia City Manager; Ronald Cunningham, personnel officer; and William R. Cauthen, Chief, City of Columbia Police Department, all of the individual defendants above being sued individually as well as in their respective official capacities, and their successors in office, Appellants. Charles E. BUNTING and Kenneth Tyler, Appellants, v. The CITY OF COLUMBIA, a body politic and municipal corporation; John T. Campbell, Mayor; William C. Ouzts; R. E. L. Freeman; T. Patton Adams; and Kirkman Finlay, members of council for the City of Columbia; Graydon V. Olive, Jr., Columbia City Manager; Ronald Cunningham, personnel officer; and William R. Cauthen, Chief, City of Columbia Police Department, all of the individual defendants above being sued individually as well as in their respective official capacities, and their successors in office, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig K. Davis, Columbia, S. C. (Medlock & Davis, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellees/cross-appellants.

Stephen T. Savitz, Columbia, S. C. (Julian H. Gignilliat, Gignilliat & Savitz, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellants/cross-appellees.

Before HALL, MURNAGHAN and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Charles Bunting and Kenneth Tyler, two former policemen for the city of Columbia, South Carolina. Bunting and Tyler sued the City of Columbia and various city officials1 claiming that their constitutional rights2 were violated when they were dismissed without a hearing...

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