Legal Opinion · Dissent
DeKoevend v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF WEST END
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided November 8, 1982No. 80CA0150Published
1DissentBerman, Judge
I respectfully dissent.
The due process rights of this teacher were violated when the Board “retired in private to deliberate regarding his employment” accompanied by the principal and superintendent who had testified as adverse witnesses against the teacher during the evidentiary hearing. See Weissman v. Board of Education, infra; Commonwealth Department of Education v. Oxford Area School District, 24 Pa.Cmwlth. 421, 356 A.2d 857 (1976). Immediately following the closed meeting (“executive session”) the Board returned to the public meeting and voted for dismissal of the teacher without any…
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- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Ex Parte HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Weissman v. Board of Ed. of Jefferson Cty. Sch. Dist.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1976
- Blair v. LovettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
- Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of LaborSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
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