Opinion

William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. Thomas

  • 430 F.2d 852
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed
Aug 13, 1970
Status
Published
On the bench
Clark, Dyer, Per Curiam, Thornberry
Cited by
304 cases

holding that a non-tenured professor may acquire a pro-tectible property interest in continued employment if he has a reasonable expectation of the same

How later courts described this case

  • holding that a non-tenured professor may acquire a pro-tectible property interest in continued employment if he has a reasonable expectation of the same
  • “[in the context of teacher termination] minimum procedural due process requires that (a) he be advised of the cause or causes for his termination in sufficient detail to fairly enable him to show any error that may exist”
  • remanding to court for order of joinder, or if joinder not feasible, for determination of indispensability
  • outlining minimum requirements of post-termination due process for termination of teacher for cause

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM:

It is ordered that the petition for rehearing filed by plaintiff-appellant in the above entitled and numbered cause be and the same is hereby denied.

It is ordered that the petition for rehearing filed by defendants-appellees in the above entitled and numbered cause be and the same is hereby denied without prejudice to the right of the parties to present to the court below such questions and issues as may arise if the Dean *862 of Men of Prairie View A & M College should plead the bar of any applicable statute of limitation to personal liability upon being joined as a defendant to this action on remand.

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