Roy N. Stapp v. Avoyelles Parish School Board

The majority of the panel holds, if I rightly read its opinion, that the letter of intent from the Superintendent of the School Board to a principal created a property interest in re-employment of which he could not be divested without a Due Process hearing. This, I think, is wrong.

The majority agrees with the district court’s conclusion that the:

“letter of intent created more than a unilateral expectation of re-employment. It created a property interest in re-employment which entitled Principal to a hearing under the principles enunciated in Perry v. Sindermann, 1972, 408 U.S. 593, 92 S.Ct.…