Legal Opinion
Atlanta City School District v. Dowling
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 12, 1996No. S95G1083PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
The Atlanta Board of Education terminated Adrienne Dowling’s contract as general manager of the school board’s public television and radio stations. She sued and the trial court ordered the school board to reinstate her and awarded her full back pay and benefits. The trial court then granted the school board’s motion to dismiss Dowling’s claim for compensatory and punitive damages under 42 USC § 1983. The question on appeal is whether Dowling has a claim for damages for a procedural due process violation when she was reinstated in her job with back pay as a result…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Zinermon v. BurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- McKinney v. PateCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Narey v. DeanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Turner v. GilesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Henderson v. SherringtonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Jones v. Chatham CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Brewer v. SchachtCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- BD. OF COM'RS OF EFFINGHAM CTY. v. FarmerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Maxwell v. MAYOR & ALDER. OF SAVANNAHCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Gamble v. Ware County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
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