BODDIE v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, MISS.

No. 92-7233.

989 F.2d 745 (1993)

William H. BODDIE, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI and Robert W. Gale, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Fire Chief of the City of Columbus, Mississippi, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dewitt T. Hicks, Jr., J. Gordon Flowers, P. Nelson Smith, Gholson, Hicks, Nichols & Ward, Columbus, MS, for defendants-appellants cross-appellees.

Jim Waide, Tupelo, MS, Gary Parvin, Coffeeville, MS, for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

The City of Columbus and its fire chief, appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding them liable for firing Boddie, a fireman, in violation of his First Amendment right to associate with union members. The judgment awarded $30,558 against the City and fire chief, individually, and ordered reinstatement. Defendants argue that (1) Boddie's failure to prove that his association...

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