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ALEXANDER v. HOLDEN

No. 94-1810.

66 F.3d 62 (1995)

Regina ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kelly HOLDEN, Individually; Donald Shaw, Individually and in his official capacity as Brunswick County Commissioner; Jerry Jones, Individually and in his official capacity as Brunswick County Commissioner; Wayland Vereen, in his official capacity as Brunswick County Commissioner; Don Warren, in his official capacity as Brunswick County Commissioner; Tom Rabon, Sr., in his official capacity as Brunswick County Commissioner; Brunswick County, Defendants-Appellees. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Martha Anne Geer, Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Reginald B. Gillespie, Jr., Faison & Fletcher, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: O. William Faison, Michael R. Ortiz, Keith D. Burns, Faison & Fletcher, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellees. Thomas M. Stern, Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for Amicus Curiae.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, MICHAEL, Circuit Judge, and MESSITTE, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge ERVIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge MESSITTE joined.

OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

The plaintiff, Regina Alexander, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, and North Carolina common law, alleging that Brunswick County and its commissioners discriminated against her based on her race and political affiliation and activities. The district court granted...

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