Legal Opinion
Lee v. Halford
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 22, 1995No. 94-1511PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
The plaintiff, Charles W. Lee, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his wrongful termination action and § 1983 action against the State of Iowa, the members of the Iowa Board of Corrections, and the director of the Iowa Department of Corrections. The district court concluded that neither the former director of the department of corrections nor the board of corrections had the authority to grant employment tenure to an employee in plaintiffs classification. Consequently, that court ruled, the new director of the department of corrections was free to terminate plaintiffs…
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- Iowa Federation of Labor v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Hammer v. BranstadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1990
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- Papadakis v. Iowa State University of Science & TechnologySupreme Court of Iowa · 1997
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