MATTHEWS v. HARNEY COUNTY, OR., SCHOOL DIST. NO. 4

No. 85-4342.

819 F.2d 889 (1987)

Cherie MATTHEWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4; Harney County, Oregon, School District U.H. No. 1; Maurice Thorne, in his individual and official capacities as Superintendent; and Dee Doman, Connie King, Herbert Davis, Wess Mace and Melinda Schaffer, each in their individual and official capacities as members of Harney County School District No. 4 Board of Directors, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Smith, Eugene, Or., for defendants-appellees.

Robert D. Durham, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant.

Before KOELSCH, GOODWIN and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Cherie Matthews, a former public school teacher at Crane Union High School in Harney County, Oregon, brought this action under the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution contending that she was deprived of liberty and property interests without due process of law. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We reverse.

On June 4, 1980, Cherie Matthews was hired by Maurice Thorne, superintendent...

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