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“sheriffs, like other elected county officials in texas, have indisputably wide-ranging discre- tion in the selection of their employees.”
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Dehorty v. New Castle County Council
But see Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193, 1201 (5th Cir.1981) (stating that qualified immunity is an affirmative defense, for which the burden of pleading and proving rests with the defendant), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 925 , 102 S.Ct. 1969 , 72 L.Ed.2d 440 (1982).
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sheriffs, like other elected county officials in texas, have indisputably wide-ranging discretion in the selection of their employees.
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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
sheriffs, like other elected county officials in texas, have indisputably wide-ranging discre- tion in the selection of their employees.
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Orange County Sheriff's Office Employees Association, Jason Guidroz, Tracy Sorge, Matthew Wappler, Jessica Johnnie, Michael Lucia, Matt Bryant, Andrew Hollier, Elizabeth Frederick, Jonathan Payne, Donald Harmon, Cenovia Dempsey, Mark Felts, and Samantha Courtney v. Orange County, Texas
See and compare Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193 (5th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 925 , 102 S. Ct. 1969 , 72 L.
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Williams v. Bagley
See and compare Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193 (5th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 925 , 102 S.Ct. 1969 , 72 L.Ed.2d 440 (1982).
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Dick Dickeson and Beth Weaver v. Deloyd Quarberg and the Board of County Commissioners of Hot Springs County, Wyoming
Accord Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193, 1200-01 (5th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 925 , 102 S.Ct. 1969 , 72 L.Ed.2d 440 (1982).
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Jack G. Kelly v. Charles C. Foti, Jr., City of New Orleans, John Doe, and Jane Roe
See also Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193, 1201 (5th Cir. Unit A July 1981) (refusing to entertain the fact-specific defense of qualified immunity for the first time on appeal), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 925 , 102 S.Ct. 1969 , 72 L.Ed.2d 440 , and cert. denied, 456 U.S. 936 , 102 S.Ct. 1992 , 72 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982).
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Burns v. County of Cambria
In Jones v. Dodson, 727 F.2d 1329 (4th Cir.1984), the court, after noting that the Branti Court “[fjlatly rejected ... any general notion that mutual trust and confidence could only exist between members of the same political party,” held that the duties of the deputy sheriffs did not implicate “ ‘partisan political interests.’ ” Id. at 1338 (quoting Branti, 445 U.S. at 519 , 100 S.Ct. at 1295 ); see also Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193, 1201 (5th Cir.1981) (Unit A) (holding that in large department, “the absence of political cohesion between sheriff and deputy can hardly be sai…
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Eugene Burns v. County Of Cambria
In Jones v. Dodson, 727 F.2d 1329 (4th Cir.1984), the court, after noting that the Branti Court "[f]latly rejected ... any general notion that mutual trust and confidence could only exist between members of the same political party," held that the duties of the deputy sheriffs did not implicate " 'partisan political interests.' " Id. at 1338 (quoting Branti, 445 U.S. at 519 , 100 S.Ct. at 1295 ); see also Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193, 1201 (5th Cir.1981) (Unit A) (holding that in large department, "the absence of political cohesion between sheriff and deputy can hardly be said to undermine…
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Sheldon L. Wulf v. The City of Wichita, Gene Denton, and Richard Lamunyon
However, it has also been recognized for some time *866 that “the state’s interest in regulating its police force can be exceptionally compelling.” Waters v. Chaffin, 684 F.2d at 836 ; see also Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193, 1198 (5th Cir. Unit A 1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 925 , 102 S.Ct. 1969 , 72 L.Ed.2d 440 (1982) and cert. denied, 456 U.S. 936 , 102 S.Ct. 1992 , 72 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982); Bickel v. Burkhart, 632 F.2d 1251, 1257 (5th Cir. Unit A 1980); Kannisto v. City and County of San Francisco, 541 F.2d 841, 843 (9th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 430 U.S. 931 , 97 S.Ct. 1552 , 51 L.Ed…
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Durrell v. Franklin County Commissioners
See, e.g., Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193, 1199 (5th Cir.1981) (applying Texas law), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 925 , 102 S.Ct. 1969 , 72 L.Ed.2d 440 (1982); Tanner v. McCall, 625 F.2d 1183, 1186 (5th Cir.1980) (applying Florida law), reh. denied, 629 F.2d 1350 (5th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 907 , 101 S.Ct. 1975 , 68 L.Ed.2d 295 (1981); see also Sikes v. Boone, 562 F.Supp. 74, 78 (N.D.Fla.1983), aff'd mem., 723 F.2d 918 (11th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 959 , 104 S.Ct. 2171 , 80 L.Ed.2d 555 (1984) (citing cases supporting a sheriff’s control over the employment of deputy sheriffs…
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Thomas Crowder v. Russell E. Lash
See, e.g., Barrett v. Thomas, 649 F.2d 1193 (5th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 102 S.Ct. 1969 , 72 L.Ed.2d 440 and - U.S. -, 102 S.Ct. 1992 , 72 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982); Taylor v. Mayone, 626 F.2d 247 (2d Cir. 1980); Jacobson v. Rose, 592 F.2d 515 (9th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 442 U.S. 930 , 99 S.Ct. 2861 , 61 L.Ed.2d 298 (1979); Landrum v. Moats, 576 F.2d 1320 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 912 , 99 S.Ct. 282 , 58 L.Ed.2d 258 (1978); Skehan v. Board of Trustees, 538 F.2d 53 (3d Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 979 , 97 S.Ct. 490 , 50 L.Ed.2d 588 (1977); Zweibon v. Mitchell, 516 F.2d 5…
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Thomas, Sheriff
v.
Barrett
v.
Barrett
No. 81-1086.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Apr 19, 1982.
Published
Citer courts: Texas Attorney General Reports (2)
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.