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BURKHART v. RANDLES

No. 84-5054.

764 F.2d 1196 (1985)

Ruth BURKHART; Reba G. Burnette, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Helen RANDLES, individually and in her official capacity as Clerk of the Criminal and Fourth Circuit Courts for Knox County, Tennessee, and Knox County, Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Alliman, argued, Lee & Alliman, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dale Workman, Knox County Law Director's Office, and Robert H. Watson, argued, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge, KEITH, Circuit Judge, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court judgment entered against the plaintiffs after a jury adversely determined their civil rights suit filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.1 The plaintiffs sought to challenge the constitutionality of their terminations from employment by the defendants, Helen Randles and Knox County, Tennessee. The plaintiffs alleged that the dismissals violated their rights to freedom of political...

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