Legal Opinion
Texas Faculty Ass'n v. University of Texas at Dallas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 23, 1991No. 90-1672PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
The issue in this case of first impression is the scope of procedural due process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to faculty members at a public university who are terminated incident to a university president’s decision wholly to eliminate the academic programs in which they teach. We hold that the summary judgment evidence establishes that the affected faculty members were given notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard on the university president’s decision to eliminate the academic programs, but not on his decision to terminate each faculty member’s…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by20 opinions
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