TENNESSEE v. DUNLAP

No. 75-95.

426 U.S. 312 (1976)

TENNESSEE ET AL. v. DUNLAP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex B. Shipley, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Tennessee, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was R. A. Ashley, Jr., Attorney General.

William Terry Denton argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*


MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent brought this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, challenging the termination of his employment as a technician with the Tennessee Air National Guard as violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Petitioners are the defendants below—the State of Tennessee and its Governor, the Tennessee...

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