Legal Opinion

Linda Kay Sullivan v. George Brown

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided October 19, 1976No. 75-2269PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

The question present on this appeal is whether the transfer of a tenured school teacher from one school to another, with no reduction in compensation, based upon various unresolved allegations that are made a part of her permanent record, constitutes a fourteenth amendment due process violation under Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 92 S.Ct. 2701, 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972) and Perry v. Sindermann, 408 U.S. 593, 92 S.Ct. 2694, 33 L.Ed.2d 570 (1972).

Plaintiff Sullivan is a tenured public school teacher employed by the Memphis, Tennessee, school system. In May, 1974, she…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. Charles v. BaeslerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  2. William E. Hughes v. Alan S. WhitmerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
  3. Martha Sabol Wright John C. Wright, Jr. v. Metrohealth Medical Center, Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
  4. Robert I. Moore v. Charles Otero, Individually and as Chief of Police, City of Tampa, Florida, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. Parate v. IsiborCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989

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