JONES v. DUNCAN

No. 87-5172.

840 F.2d 359 (1988)

Roy E. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tony A. DUNCAN, R.L. Byrd; Michael R. Gunter, James T. Jones, William Marlowe, Wayne Russell, Jerry L. Jones, Fred Copeland, Larry C. Duncan, Tommy Kilby, Billy R. Kreis, James Adams, Samuel D. Williams, and Morgan County Commission also known as Morgan County Quarterly Court, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Dunaway, Dunaway, Harrell and Van Hook, Lisa M. Countiss (argued), LaFollette, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joe R. Judkins, Wartburg, Tenn., Robert H. Watson, Jr. (argued), Knoxville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before MARTIN and GUY, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSTONE, District Judge.


RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Roy E. Jones, filed suit in federal court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 against the Morgan County Commission and the individual commissioners in their official capacities. Plaintiff alleged that members of the Commission had filed suit in state court seeking his removal from the office of Superintendent of Morgan County Schools. Plaintiff's federal civil rights...

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