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MELTON v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY

Nos. 85-1738 to 85-1742, 85-1811.

879 F.2d 706 (1989)

Raymon J. MELTON, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, a municipal corporation; Lloyd A. Gramling, Chief of Police for the City of Oklahoma City; Gerald L. Emmett, Assistant Chief of Police for the City of Oklahoma City; Marvin Maxwell, Major, Oklahoma City Police Department; William R. Chambless, Major, Oklahoma City Police Department; Carl Smith, Lieutenant, Oklahoma City Police Department; Robert Taylor, Lieutenant, Oklahoma City Police Department; David McBride, Lieutenant, Oklahoma City Police Department; and Paula Hearn, Assistant to the City Manager, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Allen, Mun. Counselor, and Richard C. Smith, Asst. Mun. Counselor (Lawrence E. Naifeh, Diane D. Huckins, and Jonathan D. Woods, Asst. Mun. Counselors, also on the briefs), Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellants/cross-appellees.

Steven M. Angel (Carl D. Hughes and Michael Gassaway with him on the briefs), of Hughes & Nelson, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant.

Before McKAY and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges, and SAFFELS, District Judge.

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

These six appeals arise from a jury verdict and various post-trial orders entered by the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Plaintiff, a police officer, was fired by the City of Oklahoma City. Plaintiff sued the City of Oklahoma City under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1988, and 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68 (1982), alleging that he was deprived of liberty and property without due process of law and that...

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