RUSS v. WHITE

No. 81-2145.

680 F.2d 47 (1982)

John RUSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles R. WHITE, William Southard, James Mosely, Mrs. Guinn Daniel, David Whittington, Gene Parker, Ray Donathan, Mrs. T. J. Collier, Alroy Puckett, and Gerald Fisher, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra K. Hutchens, Byron Freeland, Mitchell, Williams & Selig, Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard H. Wootton, Richard L. Slagle, Wootton, Land & Matthews, Hot Springs, Ark., for defendants-appellees.

Before ROSS, ARNOLD and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 brought by Dr. John Russ, formerly Dean of Instruction at Garland County Community College in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, against Dr. Gerald Fisher, President of the College, and the members of the College's Board of Trustees. Plaintiff's principal claims are that he was discharged as a result of his exercise of rights of free speech secured by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and that his property...

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