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PIGGEE v. JONES

Nos. 95-2492, 95-3716.

84 F.3d 303 (1996)

Angela PIGGEE, Appellant, v. Jimmy JONES, Individually and as Superintendent of Schools of the Hope, Arkansas School District No. 1A; The Board of Education of the Hope, Arkansas School District No. 1A, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Burnett, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued (John W. Walker and Austin Porter, Little Rock, Arkansas, on the brief), for appellant.

R. Gary Nutter, Texarkana, Arkansas, argued (William Clay Brazil, Conway, Arkansas, on the brief), for appellees.

Before FAGG, WOLLMAN, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Angela Piggee appeals the district court's ruling that the Arkansas Teacher Fair Dismissal Act of 1983, Ark.Code Ann. §§ 6-17-1501 et seq. ("TFDA"), does not create a property interest in the renewal of her teacher's contract that is protected by the federal Constitution. She also contends the district court improperly denied her request for attorney's fees after ruling in her favor on her state law claim that the Hope Arkansas School...

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