Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill
- Decided
- March 19, 1985
- Docket
- 83-1362
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that a property interest in continued employment was created by a state statute permitting dismissal only for "misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance" — (untitled) (2000)
- holding that state may not discharge public employee, who has prop erty right in employment position, without benefit of pretermination hearing — Iris v. Rivera-Flores v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company (1995)
- holding that such a statutory promise did create a protected property interest in continued employment — Dorfmont v. Brown (1990)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
[*535] Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court.
In these cases we consider what pretermination process must be accorded a public employee who can be discharged only for cause.
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Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532 (1985)Read the full opinion
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