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TALIAFERRO v. WILLETT

No. 77-2213.

588 F.2d 428 (1978)

Ruth TALIAFERRO and B. Patricia Dyson, Appellees, v. Henry I. WILLETT, Jr., President, Longwood College; William E. Daniel, Jr., Longwood College, Appellants, American Association of University Professors, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Hefty, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen. of Va., and Walter H. Ryland, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants.

John D. Grad, Alexandria, Va. (Victor M. Glasberg and Janis L. McDonald, Hirschkop & Grad, P. C., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Sandra B. Durant, New York City, Counsel for American Ass'n of University Professors, on brief, for amicus curiae.

Before BUTZNER, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The president and the rector of Longwood College appeal a judgment awarding Ruth S. Taliaferro substantial compensatory damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because the college wrongfully required her to retire prematurely from her tenured position. The district court concluded that the officials had denied Taliaferro procedural due process. Relying on our decisions in Thomas v. Ward, 529 F.2d 916 (4th Cir. 1975...

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