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NEAL v. HOWELL

No. 81-1062.

689 F.2d 473 (1982)

William A. NEAL, Appellant, v. Crawford A. HOWELL and The City of Rock Hill, S. C., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis L. Lesesne, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. (Gillespie & Lesesne, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

Terry B. Millar, Rock Hill, S. C. (Robert R. Carpenter, Rock Hill, S. C., Roddey, Carpenter & White, P. A., Rock Hill, S. C., on brief), Emil Wald, Rock Hill, S. C. (Spencer & Spencer, Rock Hill, S. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before HALL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, District Judge.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

William A. Neal brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of Rock Hill, South Carolina and Crawford A. Howell, the Chief of the Rock Hill Fire Department, alleging that he had been denied a promotion solely for exercising his first amendment rights. The district court directed a verdict in favor of Chief Howell and the City of Rock Hill. We affirm.

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