Legal Opinion
Richard W. Hostrop v. Board of Junior College District No. 515, Counties of Cook and Will and Stateof Illinois, a Body Politic and Corporate
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 30, 1975No. 74-1915PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, a former president of a public junior college who was discharged by the college board in July, 1970, brought this civil rights action, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated in violation of his federal constitutional rights of free speech and procedural due process and his contract rights. In a bench trial the District Court found the issues in favor of the defendants. We hold that the District Court’s findings of fact on the first amendment issue are not clearly erroneous, but that plaintiff’s procedural due process right was violated by the failure of the…
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