H. L. Moore v. J. C. Knowles, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Borger Independent School District, Etc.

On January 7, 1970, without a hearing, appellant H. L. Moore was suspended from teaching eighth-grade subjects in the Borger, Texas, school system after female students accused him of improper advances. Between then and now, to his misfortune, the law governing such matters has undergone a period of rapid clarification and development. The shocks of this have registered upon the body of his case and, largely owing to them, it remains before the courts. 1 The parties now agree, however, that at this stage of the ease all has worn away save one narrow issue: had Moore a “property” interest in…