Legal Opinion
Dorothy Jeffries v. Turkey Run Consolidated School District
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 5, 1974No. 73-1535PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
Fairly analyzed, the question presented by this appeal is whether a public employee, who has no right to any procedural safeguards in connection with the termination of her employment, and who does not claim that she was terminated for a constitutionally impermissible reason, nevertheless is protected against “arbitrary and capricious” discharge by the concept of “substantive due process.”
For three years plaintiff taught music and mathematics in an elementary school operated by defendants. In April, 1972, defendants notified her that her contract would not be renewed…
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- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleurSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by157 opinions
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- Orr v. CrowderWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
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