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EDWARDS v. BROWN

No. 81-7841.

699 F.2d 1073 (1983)

Major D.M. EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Lee P. BROWN, individually, and in his official capacity as Commissioner of Public Safety of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marva Jones Brooks, W. Roy Mays, III, Irmina Rivero Owens, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Robert E. Price, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before RONEY and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment by the trial court in favor of the plaintiff, a former officer in the Bureau of Police Services of the City of Atlanta against the Commissioner of Public Safety. The judgment was based on a determination by the trial court that, although the Commissioner had legal authority to hire and fire officers of the Bureau of Police Services of the city, his right to fire the plaintiff Edwards...

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