DRIGGINS v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKL.

No. 90-6267.

954 F.2d 1511 (1992)

Sylvia DRIGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald S. Rakes (James G. Hamill, Mun. Counselor, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the briefs), Asst. Mun. Counselor, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Richard S. Strauss (Michael Avant-Pybas, Mustang, Okl., on the brief), Hochstadt, Straw & Strauss, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MOORE, and TACHA, Circuit Judges and KANE, District Judge.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, City of Oklahoma City (City), appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Sylvia Driggins. The jury awarded Driggins $12,500 on her claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that the City terminated her employment without affording her due process. On appeal, the City argues that the trial judge erred in submitting to the jury the questions of whether Driggins had a protected property interest in her employment and whether...

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