Legal Opinion
Burns v. Rovaldi
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 28, 1979No. Civ. H-76-19PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
The plaintiff Philip Burns was a tenured fifth grade teacher in the Plainfield school system until December 17,. 1975, when his employment contract was terminated by a vote of the Plainfield Board of Education (the Board). Prior to the action of the Board, he was given specifications of the charges on which the termination was to be considered and a full public hearing before a quorum of the Board. He was represented at that hearing by himself and by his brother as counsel. Instead of taking an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas for review of the Board’s decision,…
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- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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