RATHJEN v. LITCHFIELD

No. 88-2364.

878 F.2d 836 (1989)

Diana RATHJEN, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Barbara H. LITCHFIELD, and the City of Houston, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Thompson, John E. Fisher, John E. Fisher, Sr., Asst. City Attys., Clarence A. West, City Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellants cross-appellees.

David T. Lopez and David Lopez & Associates, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Before GARZA, JOLLY and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Dr. Diana Rathjen, a specialist in industrial organizational psychology, was hired by the City of Houston in 1979 and shortly afterward promoted to Assistant Director of Personnel. In early 1983 she accepted a voluntary demotion to the post of Senior Personnel Administrator, and her working conditions continued to deteriorate after she filed this lawsuit protesting her demotion. Based on her claims of a procedural due process violation...

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