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BOWERS v. TOWN OF SMITHSBURG, MD.

No. Civ. L-97-3304.

990 F.Supp. 396 (1997)

Thomas J. BOWERS, Plaintiff, v. TOWN OF SMITHSBURG, MARYLAND, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

December 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis C. Metzner, Hagerstown, MD, Paul B. Weiss, Martin & Seibert, L.C., Martinsburg, WV, for Plaintiff.

Daniel Karp, Baltimore, MD, Edward L. Kuczynski, Hagerstown, MD, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM

LEGG, District Judge.

Plaintiff Bowers was the appointed Chief of Police of the Town of Smithsburg, Maryland. The Smithsburg Town Charter states that department heads, such as the Chief of Police, serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.

In the summer of 1997, the Mayor of Smithsburg decided to fire Chief Bowers and sought the informal concurrence of the Town Council. On August 5, 1997, the Town Council met in closed executive session...

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