ORR v. TRINTER

No. 20721.

29 Ohio Misc. 149 (1971)

ORR, APPELLEE, v. TRINTER ET AL., APPELLANTS.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas A. Bustin, Asst. City Atty., for Appellants; Mr. John C. Young, City Atty., Mr. William J. Melvin, Chief Trial Atty., Mr. Robert Cohen, Asst. City Atty., on brief.

Mr. Dwight I. Hurd and Mr. Robert J. Sidman, for appellee; Mr. Robert J. Sidman, Messrs. Mayer, Tingley, Hurd & Emens, on brief.

Mr. David Rubin, Deputy Gen. Counsel, N. E. A., Mr. Richard J. Medalie, Mr. Alvin Friedman, Messrs. Epstein, Friedman & Duncan, on brief for National Education Association, as amicus curiae.

Messrs. Kiger & Hess, on brief of the Board of Education of the City of Washington Court House, Ohio, as amicus curiae.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and MILLER and KENT, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

The question presented on this appeal is whether a public school teacher who has not attained tenure status and whose contract of employment is not renewed has a constitutional right to be told the reason for the non-renewal and to a hearing.

This appeal arises out of a suit by Thomas Justin Orr, a white high school teacher, against the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools (a statutory school district), the Columbus Board of Education and...

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