Legal Opinion
Roy N. Stapp v. Avoyelles Parish School Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1977No. 75-1741PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This case presents anew the frequently litigated question of a probationary employee’s right to due process protection prior to dismissal. In this instance, the District Court ruled that whether the hearing it had previously ordered was sufficient under the requirements of the Due Process Clause should be presented first in the Louisiana Court System.1 We vacate and remand so that the District Court may evaluate the due process protections under the procedures announced in Ferguson v. Thomas, 5 Cir., 1970, 430 F.2d 852, and its progeny.
On June 14, 1974, Roy N. Stapp…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Vivian Hatcher v. Board of Public Education and Orphanage for Bibb CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Jimmie McBee v. Jim Hogg County, Texas and Gilbert Ybanez, Javier Alfonso Hinojosa v. Jim Hogg County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Robert R. Evans, Cross-Appellee v. City of Dallas, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- 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
- Jack Thompson v. Ray D. Bass, Etc., Dan H. Turner, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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