Legal Opinion
Petrella v. Siegel
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 28, 1988No. 484, Docket 87-7649PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
We are faced on this appeal with a relatively straightforward due process claim made complicated by the unusual context surrounding the alleged deprivation of property without due process. Joseph Pe-trella’s claim that he was terminated without due process from his position as superintendent of Community School District 28 (“the district”) in Forest Hills, New York, was dismissed because, in the district court’s view, the school board’s defense— that Petrella was not dismissed, but had resigned — made the issue one of state contract law rather than of federal…
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