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NICHOLSON v. GANT

No. 86-7031.

816 F.2d 591 (1987)

Tillie NICHOLSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sam GANT, II, etc., et al., Defendants, Jackson County Commission, Houston Kennamer, Eddie Smith, Stella Houser; Marvin (Gene) Wells in their representative capacities as Members of the Jackson County Commission, and Ben Matthews, individually, and as a Member of the Jackson County Commission, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian D. Butler, Butler & Royer, Huntsville, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Gary C. Huckaby, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Huntsville, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

In this case we review the propriety of a directed verdict granted in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Tillie Nicholson, against the defendant-appellants, Jackson County Commission and Sam Gant, II, Chairman. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant-appellants deprived her of both due process under the fourteenth amendment and freedom of speech under the first amendment. Finding no error, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

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