DOOHAN v. BIGFORK SCHOOL DIST. NO. 38

No. 89-207.

805 P.2d 1354 (1991)

Thomas P. DOOHAN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BIGFORK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 38, BIGFORK, MT., Dr. Robert W. Bowman, Robert Chrysler, Albert Cochrane, Robert Boese, Lloyd Magnall, Joseph Potoczny, Ronald Martin, Edwin Anderson, and Charles Mason, Trustees thereof, the following Bigfork School District No. 38 Board Members in their individual capacity; Robert Chrysler and Albert Cochrane, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted October 18, 1990.

Decided February 5, 1991.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Berg, Warden, Christensen, Johnson & Berg, Kalispell, for defendants and appellants.

Chris P. Christensen, Kalispell, John K. Addy, Matovich, Addy & Keller, Billings, for plaintiff and respondent.

Catherine Swift, Montana School Boards Assn., Helena, for amicus.


McDONOUGH, Justice.

This case is an appeal from a judgment against Bigfork School District No. 38 (School District) and Trustees Robert Chrysler and Albert Cochrane individually, following a trial in the Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, Montana. The jury fixed damages of $87,583.33 against the School District for unlawfully depriving the respondent, Thomas P. Doohan, of his constitutionally protected right to continued employment as a school district superintendent...

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