Legal Opinion
Warthman v. Genoa Township Board of Trustees
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 15, 2008No. 07-4528PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Leslie Warthman filed a complaint in the Court of Common Pleas for Delaware County, Ohio, arguing that the Genoa Township Board of Trustees violated the Ohio Open Meetings Law when it terminated her employment without allowing her to respond to the allegations against her at a public hearing. The Township removed the case to the federal district court on the basis that a reference in the complaint to the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution created federal question jurisdiction. Holding that the complaint did…
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