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VAN METER v. CITY OF LANETT, ALA.

Civil Action No. 3:06cv583-MHT.

504 F.Supp.2d 1229 (2007)

Wendell Dean VAN METER and Neva Jane Van Meter, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF LANETT, ALABAMA; Oscar Crawley, individually and as Mayor of the City of Lanett; Kyle McCoy, individually and as Lanett City Councilman; John Duskin, individually and as Lanett City Councilman; Mike Yarbrough, individually and as Lanett City Councilman; Joel G. Holley, individually and as Lanett City Manager, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Eastern Division.

August 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Harris, Attorney at Law, Lanett, AL, James C. Ingram, Jr., Lanett, AL, for Plaintiffs.

Timothy Randall Lyons, George Baron Coleman, Webster Henry Lyons & White PC, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants.

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This suit is brought by plaintiffs Wendell Dean Van Meter and his wife, who allege that Van Meter was unlawfully terminated from the City of Lanett Police Department. They allege a violation of his rights to free speech under the First Amendment and procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as state-law claims for wrongful termination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation...

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