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KLEIN v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Civ. A. No. 74-1.

370 F.Supp. 85 (1974)

Arnold D. KLEIN, Plaintiff, v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

January 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel V. Abramo, E. Leigh Hunt and John G. Abramo of Abramo, Hunt & Abramo, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

Thomas F. Luce, Wilmington, Del., Atty. for New Castle County, and Joseph M. Bernstein, Asst. Atty. for New Castle County, Wilmington, Del., for defendants.

OPINION

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

This Civil Rights action was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a public employee contesting his imminent removal as Treasurer of New Castle County on the ground that his discharge was accomplished in a constitutionally impermissible manner.

At the outset, the Court will dismiss New Castle County as a defendant. A political subdivision of a state is not amenable to suit as a "person" under 42 U.S.C. §...

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