Legal Opinion
Jill Dauel v. Board of Trustees of Elgin Community College
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 1985No. 84-1176, 84-2472PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Mrs. Dauel was employed by the Elgin Community College, which is owned by the State of Illinois and which fired her without a hearing after she had been an employee for more than three years. If she was a “faculty member” she had tenure, Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 122 II103B-2, which is “property” as the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has been interpreted, and she could not be fired without a hearing, for that would be a deprivation of her property by a state agency without due process of law. “ ‘Faculty Member’ means a full time employee ... regularly…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Wayte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Warren G. Smith and John Gremer v. Board of Education of Urbana School District No. 116 of Champaign County, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Renton Education Ass'n v. Public Employment Relations CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1984
- State Ex Rel. Haak v. Board of Education of Independent School District No. 625Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Robert Hameetman, Cross-Appellee v. The City of Chicago, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Glen Misek and Richard J. Krakowski v. The City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Harold Washington, Charles A. Pounian and Susan L. WeedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Coyne v. City of SomervilleDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1991
- Gates v. SicarasDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1989
- Volk v. ColerDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1986
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