CAMPBELL v. MERCER

No. 89-6324.

926 F.2d 990 (1991)

Ted P. CAMPBELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest MERCER, as Mayor of Elmore City, and as an individual, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Kirk of McKinney, Stringer & Webster, P.C., (Jim T. Priest, with him on the briefs) Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Richard L. Denney of Denney & Barrett, P.C., (Lydia Joann Barrett, with him on the briefs) Norman, Okl., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, BALDOCK, Circuit Judge, and GREENE, District Judge.


J. THOMAS GREENE, District Judge.

Ernest Mercer, Mayor of Elmore City, Oklahoma, brings this interlocutory appeal from the district court's order rejecting Mercer's defense of qualified immunity to plaintiff's property interest claim. For reasons set forth herein, we reverse.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff-appellee, Ted Campbell, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in connection with the termination of his employment as Chief of Police of Elmore City...

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