Legal Opinion
George E. Vanelli, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Reynolds School District No. 7, Defendants-Appellees/cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1982No. 79-4172, 79-4205PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
In this case we examine again the procedural protections afforded by the due process clause when a public employee is dismissed. Appellant, a high school teacher, was dismissed at the midpoint of a one-year contract. The board dismissed him without a pre-termination hearing but did conduct a full evidentiary hearing one month later. It affirmed its earlier decision to terminate.
Appellant brought this section 1983 action against the district and board members, alleging that both liberty and property interests were damaged because the evidentiary hearing was insufficient…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by170 opinions
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- Brady v. GebbieCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- James Loudermill v. Cleveland Board of Education, Richard Donnelly v. Parma Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
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