HOSTROP v. BD. OF JR. COLLEGE DIST. NO. 515

No. 74-1915.

523 F.2d 569 (1975)

Richard W. HOSTROP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT NO. 515, COUNTIES OF COOK AND WILL AND STATE OF ILLINOIS, a body politic and corporate, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer Gertz, Chicago, Ill., James Pappas, Chicago Heights, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Anthony Scariano, Chicago Heights, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and SWYGERT and TONE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 30, 1975.

TONE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, a former president of a public junior college who was discharged by the college board in July, 1970, brought this civil rights action, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated in violation of his federal constitutional rights of free speech and procedural due process and his contract rights. In a bench trial the District Court found the issues in favor of the defendants...

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