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CIVIL SERV. COM'N OF CITY OF TULSA v. GRESHAM

No. 55071.

653 P.2d 920 (1982)

The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF the CITY OF TULSA, Oklahoma; the City of Tulsa; Harry Stege, Chief of Police of the City of Tulsa; James Inhofe, Mayor of the City of Tulsa; Jack Purdie, Commissioner of Police and Fire; J.M. Hewgley, III, Commissioner of Streets and Public Property; John Thomas, Commissioner of Water and Sewerage; Ronald L. Young, Commissioner of Finance and Revenue; Francis Campbell, City Auditor; and Preston O. Whitson, City Personnel Director, Appellants, v. Thomas GRESHAM, Ronald Herwig, and Jerry McFarland, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal E. McNeill, City Atty., by Imogene Harris, Asst. City Atty., Tulsa, for appellants.

Thomas Dee Frasier, Frasier, Frasier & Gullekson, Tulsa, Larry L. Oliver, Tulsa, for appellees.

LAVENDER, Justice:

On August 10, 1978, an incident occurred in the booking area of the Tulsa city jail involving three members of the city police department and a prisoner. The prisoner complained of alleged police brutality and violation of his civil rights. The three policemen were indicted by a federal grand jury and, upon trial, were acquitted. Thereafter, the sergeant was demoted and given a ninety-day suspension without...

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