BLANKENBAKER v. McCOOK PUBLIC POWER DIST.

No. 90-2994.

940 F.2d 384 (1991)

David BLANKENBAKER, Appellant, v. McCOOK PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT; Stanley C. Goodwin, individually and in his official capacity; Claude Cappell; Dean Dack; James Gohl; James Waddell; Willis Roethemeyer; Ray Tillotson; Roger Messinger, individually and in their official capacities, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thom K. Cope, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Steven E. Guenzel, Lincoln, Neb., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

A jury found that McCook Public Power District (McCook) violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by discharging David Blankenbaker without providing him the due process required under the governing "Employee Agreement" and the Constitution and awarded Blankenbaker $50,000 in damages. The district court ordered judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and Blankenbaker appeals from that order. We reverse and...

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