Legal Opinion
Behan v. City of Dover
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 24, 1976No. Civ. A. 75-38PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEEL, Senior District Judge:
The question before the Court is whether plaintiff, who has been deprived of his property and liberty by virtue of his dismissal as a police officer and the attendant publicity, has been denied procedural and substantive due process as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment because of the alleged insufficiency of the hearings accorded to him.
Plaintiff has brought a civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Dover and, both individually and in their official capacities, against Crawford J. Carroll as Mayor of Dover, William L. Spence, as Chief…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Robert Leslie Busche, Cross-Appellant v. Wallace E. Burkee, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Owen v. City of IndependenceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- George D. Owen v. The City of Independence, Missouri, Lyle W. Alberg, City Manager, Richard A. King, Mayor, Charles E. Cornell, Dr. Ray Williamson, Dr. Duane Holder, Ray A. Heady, Mitzi A. Overman, and E. Lee Comer, Jr., Members of the Council of the City of Independence, Missouri, George D. Owen v. The City of Independence, Missouri, Lyle W. Alberg, City Manager, Richard A. King, Mayor, Charles E. Cornell, Dr. Ray Williamson, Dr. Duane Holder, Ray A. Heady, Mitzi A. Overman, and E. Lee Comer, Jr., Members of the Council of the City of Independence, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Hayes v. City of WilmingtonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1978
- Sedule v. Capital School DistrictDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1976
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