WILLIAMS v. ROBERTS

No. 88-8931.

904 F.2d 634 (1990)

Judy WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Lee ROBERTS, of Fulton County, individually and in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold T. Daniel, Jr., Webb & Daniel, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Robert S. Giolito, Debra E. Schwartz, Stanford Fagan & Giolito, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before VANCE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and Lynne, Senior District Judge.


LYNNE, Senior District Judge:

In this action, posited upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the jury, responding to special interrogatories, found that "plaintiff's termination by the defendant [was] in violation of free speech rights under the First Amendment" and awarded her compensatory damages in the amount of $12,500 against Roberts in his official capacity as Fulton County Tax Commissioner (R-31).1 In subsequent proceedings, the court ordered...

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