Legal Opinion
Francis v. Ota
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided March 29, 1973No. Civ. 72-3626PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge.
Plaintiff Stephen M. Francis was employed in the University of Hawaii sys tem as a counselor at Maui Community College. Defendants are the University, its regents and certain officers. The action was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1 alleging that the circumstances under which Francis was denied tenure amounted to a deprivation of liberty and property without due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Francis was first' employed by the University on August 1, 1968, for a one-year probationary term. This was followed by a second one-year…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Robert K. Richardson v. James E.T. Koshiba, Joan S. Brown, Herbert C. Cornuelle, William L. Fleming, Henry T. Miyamoto, Lawrence S. OkinagaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Abramson v. Board of Regents, University of HawaiiHawaii Supreme Court · 1976
- Weathers v. West Yuma County School District R-J-1District Court, D. Colorado · 1974
- Countiss v. Trenton State CollegeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
- Depas v. Highland Local School District Board of Edn.Ohio Supreme Court · 1977
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