Legal Opinion
Carolyn Conley v. Board of Trustees of Grenada County Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1983No. 82-4018PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Five former employees of Grenada County Hospital in Mississippi brought this § 1983 action on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated persons against the hospital’s board of trustees and other officers alleging that adverse employment actions taken against them violated their due process rights. Before a class certification hearing was held, defendants moved for summary judgment claiming that the employees had no property interest in continued employment sufficient to invoke procedural due process protection. The district court denied this…
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