BOTCHIE v. O'DOWD

No. 24222.

456 S.E.2d 403 (1995)

Thomas G. BOTCHIE, Appellant, v. Michael O'DOWD, the Sheriff of Charleston County, and the Retirement Division of the State of South Carolina Budget and Control Board, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 3, 1995.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg Meyers, of Wise & Cole, P.A.; and N. Steven Steinert, Charleston, for appellant.

Thomas S. Tisdale, Stephen P. Groves, Stephen L. Brown and Elizabeth Barone Luzuriaga, all of Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, Charleston, for respondent.


CHANDLER, Acting Associate Justice:

This is the third appeal of Botchie v. O'Dowd.1

In this appeal, the trial judge granted O'Dowd's motion for directed verdict on Botchie's cause of action for alleged wrongful discharge in violation of his Constitutional right of free speech.2 We affirm.

FACTS

Reference is had to Botchie...

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