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MORALES v. STIERHEIM

Nos. 86-5894, 87-5343.

848 F.2d 1145 (1988)

Jorge MORALES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Merritt STIERHEIM, As County Manager of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, and individually, and Raymundo Barrios, individually and as Chairman of the Melrose Community Development Advisory Board, Defendants-Appellants. Jorge MORALES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Merritt STIERHEIM and Raymundo Barrios, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John McInnis, Cynthia Johnson, Asst. County Attys., Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

William R. Amlong, Amlong & Amlong, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before VANCE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the grant of a permanent injunction and an award of compensatory and punitive damages to plaintiff-appellee Jorge Morales under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court found that Morales' job reassignment violated his First Amendment right to free speech. The court reinstated Morales to his former position and enjoined defendant-appellant Merrett Stierheim, County Manager of Metropolitan Dade County, from reassigning...

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