Legal Opinion
Coggin v. Longview Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2002No. 00-40731PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
Randall Coggin brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against his former employer,- a Texas independent school district, because its board of trustees terminated his employment contract without any kind of a hearing. After a bench trial, the district court rendered judgment in favor of Coggin. A divided panel of our court affirmed.1 A majority of the judges in active service voted to rehear the case en banc.2 We now affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. Statutory Procedure for Termination of School Board Employees’ Term Contracts
Under the Texas Education Code,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Pembaur v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Zinermon v. BurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Castellano v. FragozoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Lopez-Baca v. GerenDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2008
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