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LASSITER v. ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY

No. 92-6295.

28 F.3d 1146 (1994)

Albert E. LASSITER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES; Douglas Covington; Thomas Fuller; Herbert Gray; Robert T. Hughes; W. Troy Massey; Eddie Player, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Williams Reeves, Birmingham, AL, David Blankenship, Huntsville, AL, for appellant.

Gerald R. Weber, Jr., ACLU of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, for amicus curiae — ACLU of Georgia.

Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Sam Heldman, Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, John C. Falkenberry, Birmingham, AL, for appellees.

Michael J. Bowers, Carol A. Cosgrove, Office of Atty. Gen., Atlanta, GA, for amicus curiae — State of Ga.

J. Lewis Sapp, Stanford G. Wilson, R. Read Gignilliat, William D. Deveney, Walter O. Lambeth, Jr., Atlanta, GA, for amicus curiae — Association County Commissioners of Ga., and Ga. Municipal Assn.

Neal D. Bowen, Office of Atty. Gen., Kissimee, FL, for amicus curiae — Osceola County, Fla.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

Principles of qualified immunity govern this case. The controversy arises from the discharge, without a hearing, of plaintiff from state employment. In the district court, defendants, in their individual capacities, were granted judgment as a matter of law under Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 50(a). We affirm the judgments.

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In June 1986, defendants — state university officials — were deciding what steps to take to...

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