Legal Opinion
Owen D. Roane v. Callisburg Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1975No. 74--1055PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
This dispute, involving the right to continued public employment, requires that we give content to the elusive Fourteenth Amendment proscription on denial of “property” without due process of law. The appellee Roane, seeking injunctive relief and damages, initiated this suit against his school board employer pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1331. 1 In essence, Roane claims that the school board discharged him in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment when, without a hearing, it refused to permit him…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by66 opinions
- Robert Barnett, Cross-Appellant v. The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Mrs. Dorothy L. Kelly, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- James M. Hearn, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. The City of Gainesville and Richard C. Corriveau, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Lecil Hander v. San Jacinto Junior College, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Curran v. Portland Superintending School CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1977
- Turpin v. MailetCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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