United States Eleventh Circuit

A fire department chief was entitled to qualified immunity in 42 U.S.C. section 1983, Title VII, and Florida law claims by lieutenants who were passed over for promotion as a result of the chief's decision not to create new positions, as an equal protection violation was not clearly established at the relevant time.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2003
• Published 08/14/2003

Judges

• WILSON, Circuit Judge:, Before MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ernest D. Mueller, Steven E. Rohan, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendants-Appellants., Scott Thomas Fortune, Kimberly A. Gossett, Fortune & Gossett, P.A., Jacksonville Beach, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.