HARRIS v. BIRMINGHAM BD. OF EDUC.

No. 86-7430.

817 F.2d 1525 (1987)

Bennie HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF EDUCATION, individually and its School Board Members; Belle H. Stoddard, T.L. Alexander, Ossie Ware Mitchell, Louis Dale and Martha S. Gaskins; Walter G. Harris, as Supt. and individually; Gladys McGhee, individually and as agent and/or employee of the Birmingham Board of Education, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Sullivan, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gail M. Pugh, Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, James E. Simpson, Peyton Lacy, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before HATCHETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge.

In this termination of employment case, we hold that the district court correctly ruled that the termination notice and process met federal constitutional requirements.

Bennie Harris was a non-probationary, tenured employee (a custodian) of the Birmingham Board of Education (Board). In October, 1985, the Board gave Harris written notice that he was being terminated for "good and just cause." Grounds for the termination included (1...

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