Marcum v. McWhorter.

• Position: PERSONNEL - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

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Marcum v. McWhorter, 308 F.3d 635 (6th Cir. 2002). A former deputy sheriff sued a sheriff, alleging that his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when he was fired for carrying on an intimate relationship with, and cohabitating with a married woman. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the sheriff and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court held that the deputy's adulterous affair was not constitutionally...