Janet Shawgo and Stanley Whisenhunt v. Lee Spradlin, Chief of Police, City of Amarillo, Texas

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• holding that plaintiff had a constitutionally protected property interest in not being demoted where statute provided demotions could only be “for cause”
• finding that the plaintiff’s resignation following his demotion resulted from his own personal reaction to his demotion and was not constructive discharge
• upholding authority of police department to discipline male and female officers for dating and alleged cohabitation
• upholding discharge of police officers for off-duty dating and cohabitation, and noting that “the State has ‘more interest in regulating the activities of its employees than the activities of the population at large’”
• finding a protected property interest where employees could only be demoted “for cause,” but finding that the “limited property interest against arbitrary suspensions” of police officers did not require a hearing prior to the suspension
• \... police officers enjoy no constitutionally protected right to privacy against undercover and other investigations of their violations of departmental regulations ...\

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