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WIGGINS v. LOWNDES COUNTY, MISS.

No. 01-60983.

363 F.3d 387 (2004)

Joe WIGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; et al., Defendants, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim D. Waide, III (argued), Waide & Associates, Tupelo, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David L. Sanders (argued), Berkley Neal Huskison, Mitchell, McNutt & Sams, Columbus, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before REAVLEY, HIGGINBOTHAM and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

In this case we are called upon to decide whether the position of Road Foreman in Mississippi is protected by the First Amendment from political patronage demotion. We have previously decided that a Road Manager, who supervises all the Road Foremen in a county, holds a politically sensitive position that requires personal loyalty to elected officials and is therefore subject to political patronage dismissal. See Gentry v. Lowndes,...

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