Lane v. Board of Education of Fairbury-Cropsey Community Unit School District No. 3

Plaintiff, Charles Lane, after serving in the capacity of principal of the Fairbury-Cropsey Community Unit School District No. 3 high school, was notified that he would not be rehired as principal and would be assigned to teaching duties. Plaintiff filed suit for damages against the defendant board of education, alleging that he had been deprived of property without due process of law as the result of defendant’s refusal to rehire him as principal. After a bench trial, the court found that plaintiff had been denied his property right in the position of high school principal and awarded…