Legal Opinion
Burton v. Town of Littleton
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 14, 2005No. 05-1015PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This case raises the question of what constitutes public dissemination of allegedly false and defamatory information sufficient to trigger due process hearing protections for public employees. See Bd. of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 573, 92 S.Ct. 2701, 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972). The controversy arose from the termination of Fran Burton from her job as a public school teacher in Littleton, Massachusetts. The public dissemination is said to be the sending of a copy of the termination letter by the superintendent of the local school dis-triet to the state Commissioner of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Desert Palace, Inc. v. CostaSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by43 opinions
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