Legal Opinion
Norma Scheelhaase v. Woodbury Central Community School District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1974No. 73-1067PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.
The issue before us is one of Federal jurisdiction with respect to the continued employment of a non-tenured teacher under Iowa law. Her contract was not renewed by the Board of Education. She comes before us “invok[ing] the jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to Amendments I and XIV of the Constitution of the United States and 42 U.S.C. § 1983,”1 asserting that her non-renewal “involves an issue of substantive due process.”
The facts present a picture of internal and local dissension. On the one hand we have the (then) recently appointed Superintendent of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Jesse Freeman v. The Gould Special School District of Lincoln County, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Thomas Justin Orr v. Raymond E. TrinterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- Frances Fisher v. James SnyderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Donald Weathers v. West Yuma County School District R--J--1Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Dolores Buhr v. Buffalo Public School District No. 38Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Eskel Norbeck v. Davenport Community School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- John E. Cato and Mrs. Lucille B. Cato v. Morgan Collins, President of Forrest City Special School District No. 7, Cecil TwillieCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Clark v. WhitingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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