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SIMMONS v. LYONS

No. 84-3302.

746 F.2d 265 (1984)

Jean SIMMONS, et al., Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Robert LYONS, Individually and as Sheriff of Washington Parish, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Schwartz, Simpson & Schwartz, Amite, La., Ronald Penton, Bogalusa, La., for plaintiff-appellants.

Reuter & Reuter, Normand F. Pizza, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL, and TATE, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, ten deputies or employees of a defeated sheriff, sue the successor sheriff for the latter's failure to re-appoint them when the new sheriff's term commenced. The plaintiffs' suit, grounded on 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleges that, in violation of their First Amendment rights, they were denied re-appointment because of their political support of the predecessor sheriff. The two female plaintiffs additionally allege that they were...

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