H.L. Moore, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. J.C. Knowles, Defendants-Appellants-Cross

In this case the District Court, 333 F.Supp. 53, awarded back pay for the 1970-71 school year, and attorney fees, to a Texas eighth grade teacher on the basis that while he lacked tenure he had an expectancy of employment, so that the school board’s failure to give him a hearing on its refusal to renew his contract for 1970-71 year was a violation of due process. The board’s action originated from the assertion by female pupils to law enforcement officers that the teacher had engaged in or attempted misconduct of a sexual nature. Those assertions led to grand jury indictments on four charges…