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DENNIS v. S & S CONSOLIDATED RURAL H. S. DIST.

No. 76-3803.

577 F.2d 338 (1978)

John M. DENNIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. S & S CONSOLIDATED RURAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Larry Cain, Professional Corp., Jack G. Kennedy, Sherman, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

David M. Stagner, Denison, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, SIMPSON and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The critical issue raised by this appeal is whether a non-tenured public school teacher with no property interest in the renewal of his teaching contract is entitled to Fourteenth Amendment due process when the school board subjects him to a badge of infamy in the course of refusing to renew his contract. We hold that he is.

I. THE FACTS

Appellee John M. Dennis was hired by the Board of Trustees of the Sadler & Southmayd...

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