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BISHOP v. WOOD

Civ. No. SH-72-78.

377 F.Supp. 501 (1973)

Carl D. BISHOP, Plaintiff, v. W. H. WOOD, Chief of Police of the City of Marion, North Carolina, and others, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. North Carolina, Shelby Division.

August 30, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Patterson, Follin & Curtis by Norman B. Smith, Greensboro, N. C., for plaintiff.

Dameron & Burgin, by Charles E. Burgin, Marion, N. C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

WOODROW WILSON JONES, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, a former police officer of the City of Marion, North Carolina, brings this action against the defendants, W. H. Wood, Chief of Police, Victor Denton, City Manager, and the City of Marion, a municipal corporation, under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343(3), contending that his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when he was discharged from his job....

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