CHITWOOD v. FEASTER

No. 72-1404.

468 F.2d 359 (1972)

Garrett C. CHITWOOD et al., Appellants, v. Eston K. FEASTER, Individually and as President of Fairmont State College, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin D. Cleckley, Morgantown, W. Va. (James A. Esposito, Fairmont, W. Va., on brief), for appellants.

Woodrow A. Potesta and Victor A. Barone, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Virginia (Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., West Virginia, on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

The District Court, 54 F.R.D. 204, awarded summary judgment against several nontenured teachers whose contracts were not renewed by Fairmont State College in West Virginia. They have appealed, contending, (1) that they were entitled to a statement of the reasons for failure to renew their contracts, and that they should have been given notice and an administrative hearing before the decision not to renew became final; and (2) that their contracts...

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