HOLLOWAY v. REEVES

No. 01-1929.

277 F.3d 1035 (2002)

Lewis D. HOLLOWAY, Appellee, v. Sam REEVES, Sally Jones, Doylene Fuqua, Cynthia Coughlin, and Randy Lawson, Individually and in their Official Capacities as Members of the Board of Directors of Bentonville School District No. 6 of Benton County, Arkansas, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Matthews, Rogers, AR, argued, for appellants.

Stephen L. Wood, Rogers, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before MCMILLIAN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The defendants appeal following the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. We reverse.

I.

The defendants are members of the Bentonville school board who voted to fire Lewis D. Holloway from his position as school superintendent. More than two years remained on Mr. Holloway's employment contract at the time of his dismissal, and the board voted to "buy...

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