Legal Opinion
Skeets v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1986No. 85-1761PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Senior District Judge.
Before the court is an appeal from the decision of the district court granting Skeets’ summary judgment motion, holding that his termination from employment with the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department deprived him of due process in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and reinstating him with full backpay. We affirm the decision of the district court.1
I. BACKGROUND
Skeets had been an at will employee of the Arkansas State Highway Commission for ten years. On April 10, 1979 he was summarily discharged from his job by appellant Johnson for “dereliction on…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Zeigler v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Marvin M. Weinstein v. University of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Michael E. Hubbard v. Environmental Protection Agency, Michael E. Hubbard v. Administrator, Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- Mummelthie v. City of Mason City, IowaDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1995
- Skeets v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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