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WHALEN v. ROANOKE COUNTY BD. OF SUP'RS

No. 83-2095.

769 F.2d 221 (1985)

Richard A. WHALEN, Appellant, v. The ROANOKE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; William F. Clark, Individually; Raymond Eugene Robertson, Individually; Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Strother Smith, III, Abingdon, Va., for appellant.

William B. Poff, Thomas A. Leggette, Roanoke, Va. (Woods, Rogers, Muse, Walker & Thornton, Roanoke, Va., on brief) for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, ERVIN, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Richard A. Whalen, a former employee of Roanoke County, Virginia, appeals a judgment notwithstanding the verdict entered by the district court after a jury awarded him compensatory and punitive damages against William F. Clark, the county executive, for a retaliatory discharge. We reverse the judgment notwithstanding the verdict because, contrary to the district court, we conclude that the evidence of causation warrants denial of Clark...

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