Legal Opinion

Winegar v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 5, 1994No. 93-2585PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Larry Winegar appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Des Moines Independent Community School District (School District) in his action for deprivation of procedural due process rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We reverse.

*898I. BACKGROUND

The evidence establishes that Winegar had been an industrial arts teacher at East High School in Des Moines for nineteen years. He had an unblemished record. On October 3, 1991, he became involved in an altercation with a student. The School District concedes that, whether intentionally, or as horseplay which got…

2Cases cited16 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. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  4. State ex rel. Donelon v. Division of Employment SecurityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Weigand v. SpadtDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 2004

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