Legal Opinion
In Re Bruce Selcraig
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1983No. 82-1067PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A discharged school official, seeking to recover compensatory and punitive damages from a school district and two of its officers for publicizing false and stigmatizing charges against him, contends that the two officers disseminated the defamatory charges by secretly imparting them to a newspaper reporter and that, as a result, the reporter made open inquiries that resulted in publication of the charges. The discharged official contends that he was denied due process by the failure of the school district to afford him a hearing on the charges and a chance to…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by94 opinions
- Jane Doe v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Muin Mustafa v. Clark County School District, Edward Goldman, and Daniel HusseyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. CaporaleCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Joyce Wells v. Hico Independent School District, Etc., Veriena Braune v. Hico Independent School District, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Donald Boyanowski v. Capital Area Intermediate UnitCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
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