Legal Opinion
19 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1653, 19 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9247 Douglas Warren Webster, Cross-Appellant v. James F. Redmond, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 19, 1979No. 78-1978, 78-2032PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns an alleged employment discrimination. The plaintiff, a black schoolteacher in the Chicago public school system, claims that he was the victim of such discrimination at the hands of the Chicago Board of Education.
The threshold issue is whether the Board of Education deprived the plaintiff of a protectable liberty or property interest when it refused to promote him to the position of principal. The district court found that the plaintiff had been deprived of both a liberty and a property interest without due process of law. Because we find no…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Maiter v. Chicago Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
- William C. Bigby, and Maurice Thoele, Intervening v. City of Chicago and Chicago Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Warren C. Carter v. City of Philadelphia Willie L. Williams Orville W. Jones Linda L. SeydaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
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