United States Sixth Circuit

Where defendant failed to show that party affiliation was an appropriate requirement for the performance of the plaintiffs' former positions as deputy sheriffs, and because Hall v. Tollett, 128 F.3d 418 (6th Cir. 1997), should have alerted the defendant that refusing to rehire the plaintiffs for political reasons was impermissible, the defendant was not entitled to qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2002
• Published 03/20/2002

Judges

• Before: JONES, GUY, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Trent Lee, Owensboro, KY, Evan E. Taylor (argued and briefed), Law Office of Evan Taylor, Owensboro, KY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., John T. Soyars (argued and briefed), Foster, Soyars & Associates, Hopkinsville, KY, Robert P. Moore, Hopkins County Attorney, Madisonville, KY, for Defendants-Appellants.