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HOUGH v. DANE COUNTY

No. 89-0535.

157 Wis.2d 32 (1990)

458 N.W.2d 543

C. Merrill HOUGH, Plaintiff-Respondent-Cross Appellant, v. DANE COUNTY, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendantappellant-cross respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of and orally argued by Judith H. Toole, deputy corporation counsel, of Dane County Corporation Counsel of Madison.

For the plaintiff-respondent-cross appellant the cause was orally argued by Cheryl Rosen Weston and submitted on the briefs of Cheryl Rosen Weston, Lester A. Pines, and Carol L. Grob of Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach of Madison.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.

DYKMAN, J.

Dane County appeals from a judgment awarding damages and attorney fees to C. Merrill Hough based on his claim under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 that the county violated his due process rights under the fourteenth amendment1 when it terminated his employment. The central issues are (1) whether Hough had a protected property interest in continued employment, (2) if so, whether the county denied Hough procedural due process, and (3) whether...

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