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Moreland v. Miami-Dade County.


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Moreland v. Miami-Dade County, 255 F.Supp.2d 1304 (S.D.Fla. 2002). A former corrections officer The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 sued the county in state court, asserting claims for alleged race discrimination in violation of state and federal laws, equal protection and due process violations, and state law claims for negligent race discrimination, negligent supervision of employees, and retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and  in violation of state law. The federal district court granted summary judgment in favor of the county, in part. The court held that the county offered legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the officer's demotion de·mote  
tr.v. de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing, de·motes
To reduce in grade, rank, or status.



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. The court found that the former county corrections officer failed to show that, based on her race, a county manager disciplined her more severely than non-African American employees who violated a rule proscribing employees from associating with inmates and former inmates. The correctional officer had been dating a former county jail inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. . (Miami-Dade County Corrections Department, MDCC MDCC Miami Dade Community College
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Title Annotation:violation of federal laws
Publication:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2003
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