ANDERSON v. CITY OF LAVERGNE

Nos. 02-6094, 02-6248.

371 F.3d 879 (2004)

Michael ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CITY OF LaVERGNE, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Howard Morris, Individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the City of LaVergne, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed June 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Harris (argued and briefed), Nashville, TN, for Appellant.

David Randall Mantooth (argued and briefed), Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, Nashville, TN, for Appellee.

Before COLE and COOK, Circuit Judges; SPIEGEL, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Michael Anderson and the City of LaVergne cross-appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Anderson, and a jury's award of damages, on Anderson's claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging the deprivation of his constitutionally protected right of intimate association. Because reasonable jurors could conclude only that the City's policy forbidding Anderson from dating a higher-ranking colleague...

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