CRANFORD v. MOORE

No. C-81-704-S.

587 F.Supp. 712 (1984)

Terry CRANFORD, Plaintiff, v. Jack Kenneth MOORE, Chief of Concord, North Carolina Police individually and in his official capacity, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina, Salisbury Division.

May 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Sheely, of Sheely & Gronquist, Charlotte, N.C., for plaintiff.

Martin N. Erwin, of Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, Greensboro, N.C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HIRAM H. WARD, Chief Judge.

This action came before the Court and a jury for trial on April 18-19, 1984. Plaintiff contended that he was fired from his job as a police officer for the City of Concord, North Carolina because of four letters he wrote in 1977 and 1978. He claimed that the termination was unlawful because his letter writing was conduct protected by the right to free speech under the first amendment. Defendant denied...

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