MOULTON v. CITY OF BEAUMONT

No. 92-4117.

991 F.2d 227 (1993)

Kelvin S. MOULTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BEAUMONT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Gilpin, Houston, TX, for plaintiff-appellant.

Tyrone E. Cooper, City of Beaumont Legal Dept., Beaumont, TX, for City of Beaumont.

Dewey J. Gonsoulin, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, TX, for Ray Riley, M. Patterson, G. Lundy, et al.

Before WISDOM and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges and HAIK, District Judge.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

In this case a city employee in Texas appeals a district court's directed verdict against him on the issue of whether he had a protected property interest in his employment. The district court found that the employee did not have a property interest in his employment as a matter of law. Consequently, the court directed a verdict against the employee in his suit for an alleged violation of substantive due process rights that stemmed from his...

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