ROYSTER v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF ANDERSON CTY. SCH.

Nos. 84-1935, 84-1936.

774 F.2d 618 (1985)

William B. ROYSTER, Appellee, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE; Tony Turner, Edward W. Morgan, W. Frank Kellam, A. Fred Stringer, Jr., as members of the Board of Trustees of Anderson County School District Number Five; and Anderson County School District Number 5, Appellants, and Ann W. Huitt, Brenda H. Coelz, Joe O. Bolt, Cynthia W. Williford, Carol H. Floyd, as individuals, Defendants. William B. ROYSTER, Appellee, v. Tony TURNER, Edward W. Morgan, W. Frank Kellam, A. Fred Stringer, Jr., as individuals, Appellants, and Board of Trustees of Anderson County School District Number Five; Ann W. Huitt, Brenda H. Coelz, Joe O. Bolt, Cynthia W. Williford, Carol H. Floyd, as members of the Board of Trustees of Anderson County School District Number Five; and Anderson County School District Number 5, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Byrholdt, Cary C. Doyle, Anderson, S.C. (C. Thomas Cofield, III, Doyle & Cofield, Chapman & King, Anderson, S.C., on brief), for appellants.

Kenneth L. Childs, Columbia, S.C. (David T. Duff, Childs, Duff & St. Pierre, Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 21, 1985.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

William Royster brought this action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Board of Trustees for Anderson County School District # 5 (Board), South Carolina, and the Trustees in their individual capacities, claiming a violation of due process rights as a result of Royster's termination as superintendent of Anderson County School District # 5. In a trial to a jury...

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