Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., (Three Cases). Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually, and Charles D. McDaniel Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C.
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No. 492036
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., (Three Cases). Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually, and Charles D. McDaniel Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C.
No. 492036 · Decided July 24, 1987
No. 492036·Fourth Circuit · 1987·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
July 24, 1987
Citation
No. 492036
Disposition
See opinion text.
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Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., (Three Cases). Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually, and Charles D. McDaniel Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C. is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., (Three Cases). Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually, and Charles D. McDaniel Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C. in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on July 24, 1987.
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