SCHAPER v. CITY OF HUNTSVILLE

No. 86-2377.

813 F.2d 709 (1987)

Dale SCHAPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, et al., Defendants, Gene Pipes and Hank Eckhardt, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. McCartt, Susman, Godfrey & McGowan, Houston, Tex., L. Scott Bounds, City Atty., Huntsville, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Douglas M. Becker, Gray & Becker, Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY and RANDALL, Circuit Judges, and MAHON, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 6, 1987.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellee Dale Schaper brought this Section 1983 action, claiming procedural and substantive due process violations arising out of his termination as captain of the Huntsville Police Department. Defendants-Appellants Hank Eckhardt and Gene Pipes, Huntsville's chief of police and city manager, respectively, answered Schaper's complaint claiming immunity from suit. Also, defendant City...

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