SODERSTRUM v. TOWN OF GRAND ISLE

No. 89-3472.

925 F.2d 135 (1991)

Marisa A. SODERSTRUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. TOWN OF GRAND ISLE, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis L. Robein, Jr., Metairie, La., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Daniel R. Martiny, Metairie, La., for Harry Lee.

Raymond L. Hess, New Orleans, La., Steven Dow Oliver, and Delbert G. Tally, Windhorst, Gaudry, Talley & Ranson, Harvey, La., for Town of Grand Isle.

Before WISDOM, GEE, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Marisa Soderstrum brings this section 1983 action against the Town of Grand Isle, Louisiana. She alleges that the decision of the newly elected officials not to reappoint her to her old position of secretary to the chief of police violated her First Amendment and due process rights. We are persuaded that Soderstrum received due process and thus decline to decide whether due process was required; we are also persuaded that given...

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