BRYSON v. CITY OF WAYCROSS

No. 88-8888.

888 F.2d 1562 (1989)

J.R. BRYSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. CITY OF WAYCROSS, C.B. Heys, W. Lynn Taylor, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fletcher Farrington, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

David C. Will, Dickey, Whelchel, Brown & Readdick, Brunswick, Ga., Neal L. Conner, Jr., Mary Jane Cardwell, Kopp, Peavy and Conner, P.C., Waycross, Ga., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before HATCHETT and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied January 11, 1990.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge.

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