DIXON v. MAYOR & COUNCIL OF CITY OF WILMINGTON

Civ. A. No. 78-470.

514 F.Supp. 250 (1981)

Kenneth M. DIXON, Plaintiff, v. The MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the CITY OF WILMINGTON, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware and Harry F. Manelski, individually and in his capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Wilmington, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

May 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Allen Paul, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

Jeffrey S. Goddess, City Sol., Michael P. Reynolds, and Marc Abrams, Asst. City Sol., Wilmington, Del., for defendants.


OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.

In this civil rights action, a former policeman, Kenneth M. Dixon ("plaintiff"), brings suit against the Chief of Police, Harry Manelski, and the Mayor and City Council of Wilmington ("defendants"), on the ground that his dismissal from the police force violated his right to procedural due process. On defendants' motion for summary judgment,1 the important though narrow issue before...

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