Opinion

Gordon v. Leatherman

  • 450 F.2d 562
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed
Nov 8, 1971
Status
Published
On the bench
Rives
Cited by
14 cases

an elected official is "subject to the conditions imposed by the terms and nature of the political system in which he operates"

How later courts described this case

  • an elected official is "subject to the conditions imposed by the terms and nature of the political system in which he operates"
  • public official found to have property interest in job

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

PER CURIAM:

The Petition for Rehearing is denied and no member of this panel nor Judge in regular active service on the Court having requested that the Court be polled on rehearing en banc, (Rule 35 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure; Local Fifth Circuit Rule 12) the Petition for Rehearing En Banc is denied..

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