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COGGIN v. LONGVIEW INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 00-40731.

289 F.3d 326 (2002)

Randall COGGIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LONGVIEW INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants, Longview Independent School District, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy Wade Tindel (argued), Tyler, TX, Charles H. Clark, Clark, Lea & Ainsworth, Tyler, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Eric W. Schulze (argued), JoAnn S. Wright, Walsh, Anderson, Brown, Schulze & Aldridge, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Denise Nance Pierce, Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, Jennifer Piskun, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, TX, for Texas Ass'n of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund, Amicus Curiae.

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

I. Introduction

Mr. Randall Coggin, a public school employee, brought this § 1983 suit against his employer, a Texas independent school district, because its board of trustees terminated his employment contract for cause without any kind of a hearing. After a bench trial, the district court rendered judgment in favor of Coggin. We affirm. Because the school board was the final policy and decision maker with respect to the...

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