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Title: Meyers V. City Of Cincinnati
Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
Release Date : January 07, 1991
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 63 KB

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The fire chief of the City of Cincinnati instructed the plaintiff, the assistant fire chief in charge of personnel, to conduct an investigation of the distribution of "unauthorized literature" to potential recruits of the fire department. In connection with his investigation, plaintiff contacted two influential citizens who interpreted his questions and statements to be criticism of affirmative action. As a result, they brought pressure to bear on city officials who engaged in conduct which plaintiff claims coerced his retirement and constituted a "constructive discharge." The primary questions before us in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are whether the city and two of its officials discharged plaintiff or otherwise denied him employment in violation of the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment and whether plaintiff was denied pre- or post-termination hearings in violation of the Due Process Clause.