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GATES v. CITY OF DALLAS

No. 83-1344.

729 F.2d 343 (1984)

Jurline GATES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF DALLAS, Jack Evans, Mayor of the City of Dallas; Charles Anderson, Dallas City Manager; Glen King, Chief of Police, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Dennis, Tom Mills, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kent S. Hofmeister, Asst. City Atty., Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, REAVLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This case requires that we decide, among other things, whether the City of Dallas unconstitutionally inhibits rights protected by the First Amendment by charging a person with perjury or filing a false report who files a complaint alleging police misconduct which is later administratively determined by the police to be false. We agree with the district court that the First Amendment is not violated and affirm.

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