BRIGGS v. NORTH MUSKEGON POLICE DEPT.

No. G80-96 CA6.

563 F.Supp. 585 (1983)

Richard BRIGGS, Plaintiff, v. NORTH MUSKEGON POLICE DEPARTMENT, City of North Muskegon and City Commissioners and Police Chief, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

May 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Ross, Logan & Ross, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff.

Harry J. Knudsen, Knudsen, Wasiura & Associates, P.C., Muskegon, Mich., for defendant.


OPINION

BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.

This is an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking compensatory and punitive damages for the allegedly unlawful dismissal of plaintiff from his job as a police officer with the defendant police department. The parties are in agreement that the reason for the dismissal was that plaintiff, a married man, was cohabiting with a married woman not his wife. Plaintiff claims that the dismissal violated his associational...

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