Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit February 3, 1992, 91-1523 (McKinney v. Board of Trustees of Mayland Community College)

lead-opinion

OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

The plaintiffs,1 former employees of Mayland Community College, which is a part of the North Carolina community college system, sued the defendants in state court alleging that they had been unlawfully discharged because of their political affiliations, or, in the case of Barbara McKinney, for writing a letter critical of how the college selected its