McCORMACK v. TOWN OF GRANITE

No. 81813.

913 P.2d 278 (1995)

Linda McCORMACK, John Fletcher and J.W. "Dub" Brooks, Appellants, v. The TOWN OF GRANITE, a municipal corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. McKenzie and MaryGaye Leboeuf, Oklahoma City, for Appellant, Linda McCormack.

Leon W. Willsie, Sayre, for Appellants, J.W. Brooks & Johnny Fletcher.

Paul Stumbaugh, Mangum, for Appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice:

Plaintiffs were three of the five elected trustees of the Town of Granite's Board of Trustees. They voted to fire the police chief, whereupon two things happened: (1) the discharged chief sued them in federal court for violation of his civil rights, and (2) a grand jury was empaneled in Greer County which returned an indictment for ouster of the three, based on the firing incident.

Plaintiffs were in all respects vindicated. A federal judge...

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