RICE v. OHIO DEPT. OF TRANSP.

Nos. 92-3855, 92-4040.

14 F.3d 1133 (1994)

Edward E. RICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Ruzicho (argued and briefed), Columbus, OH, for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

David A. Kopech (argued and briefed), Rishel, Myers & Kopech, Columbus, OH, for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before: NELSON and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil rights case that has been here before on its way to and from the Supreme Court. Plaintiff Rice, an employee of the Ohio Department of Transportation, claims that his rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments were violated when he was passed over for appointment to an administrative assistant's position. The position was filled, he says, through a political patronage system that benefited people who had closer...

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