HORTONVILLE DIST. v. HORTONVILLE ED. ASSN.

No. 74-1606.

426 U.S. 482 (1976)

HORTONVILLE JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 ET AL. v. HORTONVILLE EDUCATION ASSN. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack D. Walker argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were James K. Ruhly and Joseph A. Melli.

Robert H. Friebert argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Thomas W. St. John.*

Michael H. Gottesman, Robert M. Weinberg, and David Rubin filed a brief for the National Education Assn. as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

John E. Murray filed a brief for the County of Broome, State of New York, as amicus curiae.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether School Board members, vested by state law with the power to employ and dismiss teachers, could, consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, dismiss teachers engaged in a strike prohibited by state law.

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