STAPP v. AVOYELLES PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 75-1741.

545 F.2d 527 (1977)

Roy N. STAPP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AVOYELLES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, La., Kidd & Katz, Stephen J. Katz, Monroe, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeannette T. Knoll, Asst. Dist. Atty., 12th Judicial Dist., Parish of Avoyelles, Marksville, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and JONES and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This case presents anew the frequently litigated question of a probationary employee's right to due process protection prior to dismissal. In this instance, the District Court ruled that whether the hearing it had previously ordered was sufficient under the requirements of the Due Process Clause should be presented first in the Louisiana Court System.1 We vacate and remand so that the District Court may evaluate...

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