WILSON v. CITY OF LITTLETON, COLO.

No. 83-1250.

732 F.2d 765 (1984)

Glen T. WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LITTLETON, COLORADO, a Municipal Corporation, Gail M. Christy, Individually and as City Manager of the City of Littleton, Colorado, Marion B. Hobson, individually and as Chief of Police of the City of Littleton, Colorado, Charles E. Robinson, individually and as Captain of Police of the City of Littleton, Colorado, J. Grayson Robinson, individually and as Lieutenant of Police of the City of Littleton, Colorado, and James M. Williamson, individually and as Sergeant of Police of the City of Littleton, Colorado, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dodd of Dodd & Seeger, Denver, Colo. (Wayne E. Stockton, Denver, Colo., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Larry W. Berkowitz, Littleton, Colo. (S. Morris Lubow, Denver, Colo., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before McWILLIAMS, BREITENSTEIN and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Glen Wilson, a police officer with the City of Littleton, Colorado, appeals from the district court's judgment denying his claims under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976). Wilson was fired as a result of his refusal to obey an order to remove a black shroud from his badge. Wilson wore the shroud to mourn the death of a policewoman from another town. Wilson alleged that the termination was an unlawful infringement...

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