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MANDEL v. ALLEN

No. 95-2399.

81 F.3d 478 (1996)

Marilyn MANDEL; Barbara P. Bennett; Arthur R. Spencer; Robert F. Crawford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George F. ALLEN, Governor, in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Jay Timmons; Michael Thomas; Robert T. Skunda; Kay Cole James; Charles E. James, Sr.; Theron J. Bell; Ronald C. Gordon, in their individual and official capacities; William E. Landslide, in his official capacity as the Comptroller of Virginia, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Carolyn P. Carpenter, Carpenter, Woodward & Elder, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. Catherine Currin Hammond, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Carol Dois Woodward, Carpenter, Woodward & Elder, P.C., Richmond, Virginia; Eileen N. Wagner, Eileen N. Wagner, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General of Virginia, Neil A.G. McPhie, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Peter R. Messitt, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and HALL and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge HALL and Judge WILKINS joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Appellants are current and former Virginia state employees whose positions were reclassified or abolished as a result of recent efforts by the Governor of Virginia to reduce the size of state government. Appellants contend that Virginia law confers a property interest in an employee's classification...

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