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SYKES v. McDOWELL

No. 85-7262.

786 F.2d 1098 (1986)

Terry SYKES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roy McDOWELL, Individually & as Sheriff of Etowah County, Alabama, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hudson, Inzer, Suttle, Swann & Stivender, P.A., James S. Sledge, William D. Hudson, Gadsden, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

Donald R. Rhea, George C. Hawkins, Gadsden, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we affirm the award of damages to a deputy sheriff fired because of activities protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

I. FACTS

On October 1, 1977, the Etowah County Sheriff's Department employed Terry Sykes as a "road deputy." On August 30, 1980, Roy McDowell was appointed sheriff to fill a vacancy created by the death of the previous sheriff. In October, 1981, Sheriff McDowell...

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