ROGERS v. KELLY

No. 88-1234.

866 F.2d 997 (1989)

Leslie T. ROGERS, Appellant, v. Edward KELLY, Superintendent of Schools of the Little Rock, Arkansas, School District and the Members of the Board of Education of the Little Rock, Arkansas, School District, Individually and in their Official Capacities, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1989.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Walker & Lazar M. Palnick, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

G. Ross Smith, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Leslie T. Rogers was terminated from his position with the Little Rock School District without being given adequate due process. He appeals the district court's1 award of one dollar in nominal damages. He also appeals as insufficient the court's award of attorney's fees. We affirm.

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The factual background of this case is described in Rogers v. Masem, 788 F.2d 1288

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