GJELLUM v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

No. 86-7643.

829 F.2d 1056 (1987)

John A. GJELLUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, etc., Richard Arrington, Jr., individually and/or as Mayor of the City of Birmingham, Alabama; Arthur V. Deutcsh, individually and/or as Chief of Police of the Police Dept. of the City of Birmingham, Alabama, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack H. Harrison, Gordon, Harrison & Lathum, Ann Arnold, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles Michael Melton, City of Birmingham, Charles H. Wyatt, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant John A. Gjellum, a police officer in Birmingham, Alabama, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against appellees, the City of Birmingham, Birmingham Chief of Police Arthur V. Deutcsh, and Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington, Jr. Appellant's complaint alleged that appellees violated his constitutional rights by suspending him for attempting to tape record certain conversations between Gjellum and his superiors, making public statements...

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