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WHEELER v. MENTAL HEALTH & MENTAL RETARDATION AUTH.

No. 83-2586.

752 F.2d 1063 (1985)

Linda WHEELER, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, etc., et al., Defendants, Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County, Texas, etc., Eugene Williams, etc. and Bill Powers, etc., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reynolds, Allen & Cook, Inc., P.J. Murphey Harmon, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

David T. Lopez & Associates, David T. Lopez, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before JOHNSON, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a jury verdict awarding nearly $100,000 in damages and attorney's fees to the plaintiff, Linda Wheeler, on the grounds that some of the defendants violated her right to procedural due process when she was fired from her job with Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County, Texas (MHMRA). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I.

Wheeler was Unit Director of the Bayshore...

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