BEILAN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 63.

357 U.S. 399 (1958)

BEILAN v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 30, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rogers Carroll argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was A. Harry Levitan.

C. Brewster Rhoads argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Edward B. Soken.


MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question before us is whether the Board of Public Education for the School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States when the Board, purporting to act under the Pennsylvania Public School Code, discharged a public school teacher on the ground of "incompetency," evidenced by the teacher's refusal of his Superintendent...

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