Legal Opinion

Tennessee v. Dunlap

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 10, 1976No. 75-95PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall

Respondent brought this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, challenging the termination of his employment as a tech nician with the Tennessee Air National Guard as violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Petitioners are the defendants below — the State of Tennessee and its Governor, the Tennessee Air National Guard, and various officials of the Tennessee Air National Guard.

The National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 provides generally that a National Guard technician, who is a full-time civilian employee of the National…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Billy Don Dunlap v. State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975

3Cited by49 opinions

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  4. Gabriel I. Penagaricano v. Orlando LlenzaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
  5. Charles A. Nesmith v. Clyde E. FultonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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