PRESCOTT v. PRITCHETT

Civ. 4914.

509 So.2d 222 (1986)

Byron PRESCOTT, individually and as Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety; and James L. Fuqua, individually and as Chief of the Highway Patrol Division, Alabama Department of Public Safety v. Luther Joe PRITCHETT.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Hardin, Jr., of Hardin & Hollis, Birmingham, and E. Ray Acton, Montgomery, for appellants.

Julian L. McPhillips, Jr. and Jim L. DeBardelaben, of McPhillips, DeBardelaben & Hawthorne, Montgomery, for appellee.


BRADLEY, Judge.

This is a case which involves 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Luther Joe Pritchett, who is employed as a trooper in the Highway Patrol Division of the Alabama Department of Public Safety (hereinafter Department), filed a complaint against Byron Prescott, Director of the Department, and James L. Fuqua, Chief of the Department's Highway Patrol Division. Pritchett alleged that there was unequal application of a residence policy for arresting officers and...

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