Smith v. Turner
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Forrester
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- 440 Civil rights other
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- summary judgment
- State
- Georgia
- Circuit
- Eleventh Circuit
Related Laws
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Claim Types
Outcome
The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment, dismissing plaintiff's claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 for conspiracy to deprive him of his position as chairman of the County Board of Tax Assessors, finding that plaintiff failed to allege class-based discriminatory animus required for § 1985(3) claims and that his § 1983 claims were barred by qualified immunity.
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