Legal Opinion
Hough v. Dane County
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided June 7, 1990No. 89-0535PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDykman, J.
Dane County appeals from a judgment awarding damages and attorney fees to C. Merrill Hough based on his claim under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 that the county violated his due process rights under the fourteenth amendment 1 when it terminated his employment. The central issues are (1) whether Hough had a protected property interest in continued employment, (2) if so, whether the county denied Hough procedural due process, and (3) whether the trial court abused its discretion in ruling that the county could not introduce evidence that the county board would have terminated Hough's employment had he…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Dorothy J. Listenbee v. City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee City Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Vorwald v. School District of River FallsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992
- Sampson v. LogueCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1994
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