Legal Opinion
Kendall v. Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1980No. Nos. 78-1498, 78-1499PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Linda Kendall was employed by the Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools (Board) in the 1975-76 school year under a one-year contract. The Board discharged Kendall on March 11, 1976 without a prior hearing for alleged violations of the Board’s policies on corporal punishment and reporting students’ accidents. After trial on her claim alleging violation of her Fourteenth Amendment right to due process the district court awarded Kendall the balance of her salary under the 1975-76 contract, but denied reinstatement, back pay, attorneys fees, and punitive…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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