POOLAW v. CITY OF ANADARKO, OKL.

Nos. 82-1760, 82-1854.

738 F.2d 364 (1984)

Bruce POOLAW, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. CITY OF ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA; the Mayor of Anadarko, Clark McCaskel; the City Manager, Royce Hunter; the Former Acting Chief of Police, J.C. Givens; the Former Acting City Managers, Bob Wilkerson and Ron Madison, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover Miskovsky, Oklahoma City, Okl. (John Constantikes, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Margaret McMorrow-Love, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Terry W. Tippens and Doneen Douglas Jones, Oklahoma City, Okl., with her on the brief), of Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before McWILLIAMS and LOGAN, Circuit Judges, and CAMPOS, District Judge.


McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Bruce Poolaw, an American Indian, was fired from his job as an Anadarko, Oklahoma, policeman. The Policeman Board of Review determined that there was insufficient evidence to justify the termination, but the city manager refused to reinstate him. Poolaw then brought suit against the City of Anadarko, its city manager and four other city officials, alleging that he had been discriminated against during the course of his employment, and was...

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