CITY OF BRIGHTON v. GIBSON

Civ. 5423.

501 So.2d 1239 (1987)

CITY OF BRIGHTON, a municipal corporation, et al. v. Queen E. GIBSON.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

January 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Short, Jr., Bessemer, and David A. Hassinger of Porter, Porter and Hassinger, Birmingham, for appellants.

W. Lewis Garrison, Jr., of Corley, Moncus, Bynum & De Buys, Birmingham, for appellee.


HOLMES, Judge.

This is a case in which an employee of the City of Brighton, Alabama, sued the City for the payment of back wages and, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1981), claimed damages for the violation of certain constitutional rights.

Following ore tenus proceedings, the trial court held that the employee was entitled to her back wages, or salary, and it entered a judgment in her favor in the amount of $2,880. The trial court further found...

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