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FREEZE v. CITY OF DECHERD, TENN.

No. 12-6160.

753 F.3d 661 (2014)

Terry L. FREEZE and Earnest D. Colvin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Doris Freeze, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF DECHERD, TENNESSEE; Betty Don Henshaw, Scotty Moore, Johnny Etheridge, Jeff Stratton, and Ross Peterson, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kerry Knox , Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for Appellants. T. William A. Caldwell , Ortale, Kelley, Herbert & Crawford, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Kerry Knox , Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for Appellants. T. William A. Caldwell , W. Carl Spining , Ortale, Kelley, Herbert & Crawford, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

SARGUS, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court in which, MOORE, J., joined. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 670-71), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

SARGUS, District Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether two police officers possess a property interest in their continued employment. The district court held that they do not. We hold that they do. We therefore REVERSE the judgment of the district court and REMAND this case for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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In 2002, Terry Freeze was hired by the City of Decherd...

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