Ohio Ass'n of Public School Employees v. Lakewood City School District Board of Education

We are asked to decide whether procedural due process requires direct face-to-face confrontation between a discharged employee and the principal witness against him at a posttermination arbitration hearing. We hold that there exists no absolute right to face-to-face confrontation under these circumstances, and accordingly we reverse the court of appeals.

It is not disputed that Terry Johnson has a protected property right to continued employment. Cleveland Bd. of Edn. v. Loudermill (1985), 470 U.S. 532, 105 S.Ct. 1487, 84 L.Ed.2d 494. Before the state may deprive a person of a property…