Legal Opinion
Derstein v. Benson
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided May 22, 1989No. 84-1219-KPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PATRICK F. KELLY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Leslie R. Derstein brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the circumstances of his termination from his position as a state court services officer violated his right to due process. In particular, plaintiff claims that the three state district court judges who are the defendants in this action — Judges Page Benson, Patrick Brazil and John Ja-worsky — terminated him without warning due to allegations of sexual harassment.
Plaintiff alleges that he had a property interest in his continued employment entitling…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- 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
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Whitten v. Farmland Industries, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1991
- Derstein v. KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Derstein v. State of KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Franco v. Carlsbad Municipal SchoolsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2001
- Mitchell v. Coffey County HospitalDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1995
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