Legal Opinion

Hortonville Joint School District No. 1 v. Hortonville Education Ass'n

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 17, 1976No. 74-1606PublishedCited by 480 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether School Board members, vested by state law with the *484power to employ and dismiss teachers, could, consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, dismiss teachers engaged in a strike prohibited by state law.

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The petitioners are a Wisconsin school district, the seven members of its School Board, and three administrative employees of the district. Respondents are teachers suing on behalf of all teachers in the district and the Hortonville Education Association (HEA), the collective-bargaining agent for the district's…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by480 opinions

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  5. Mazaleski v. TreusdellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977

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