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Cleveland Bd. of Educ. Vs. Loudermill

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 19, 1985

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  13. U.S. 532 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Cleveland Bd. of Educ. v. Loudermill
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  14. U.S. 532 (1985) Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill
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  15. Board of Regents v. Roth
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  16. Reagan v. United
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  17. they did, the State could not deprive them of this property without due process. See Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div. v. Craft
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  18. supra, at 408 U. S. 577 . See also Paul v. Davis
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  19. This argument, which was accepted by the District Court, has its genesis in the plurality opinion in Arnett v. Kennedy
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  20. Douglas and BRENNAN, JJ.). Since then, this theory has at times seemed to gather some additional support. See Bishop v. Wood
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  21. J., and BLACKMUN and REHNQUIST, JJ., dissenting). More recently, however, the Court has clearly rejected it. In Vitek v. Jones
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  22. This conclusion was reiterated in Logan v. Zimmerman
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  23. Mullane v. Central
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  24. Bell v. Burson
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  25. discharge of an employee who has a constitutionally protected property interest in his employment. Board of Regents v. Roth
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  26. U. S. 599 (1972). As we pointed out last Term, this rule has been settled for some time now. Davis v. Scherer
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  27. which the charge was based, and could respond orally and in writing and present rebuttal affidavits. See also Barry v. Barchi
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  28. employees and the avoidance of administrative burdens, and the risk of an erroneous termination. See Mathews v. Eldridge
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  29. be gainsaid. We have frequently recognized the severity of depriving a person of the means of livelihood. See Fusari v. Steinberg
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  30. Sniadach v. Family
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  31. and is likely to be burdened by the questionable circumstances under which he left his previous job. See Lefkowitz v. Turley
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  32. obvious value in reaching an accurate decision. Dismissals for cause will often involve factual disputes. Cf. Califano v. Yamasaki
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  33. to invoke the discretion of the decisionmaker is likely to be before the termination takes effect. See Goss v. Lopez
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  34. and the right to a hearing does not depend on a demonstration of certain success. Carey v. Piphus
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  35. U.S. at 401 U. S. 378 . See Cafeteria Workers v. McElroy
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  36. than a full evidentiary hearing is sufficient prior to adverse administrative action. Mathews v. Eldridge
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  37. The only question is what steps were required before the termination took effect. In only one case, Goldberg v. Kelly
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  38. reasonable grounds to believe that the charges against the employee are true and support the proposed action. See Bell v. Burson
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  39. him, an explanation of the employer's evidence, and an opportunity to present his side of the story. See Arnett v. Kennedy
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  40. Goss v. Lopez
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  41. E.g., Armstrong v. Manzo
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  42. At some point, a delay in the post-termination hearing would become a constitutional violation. See Barry v. Barchi
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  43. Together with No. 83-1363, Parma Board of Education v. Donnelly
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  44. et al., and No. 83-6392, Loudermill v. Cleveland
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  45. Instead, it reached the same result under a balancing test based on JUSTICE POWELL's concurring opinion in Arnett v. Kennedy
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  46. U. S. 134 , 416 U. S. 168 -169 (1974), and the Court's opinion in Mathews v. Eldridge
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  47. are, of course, some situations in which a postdeprivation hearing will satisfy due process requirements. See Ewing v. Mytinger
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  48. to say that, where state conduct is entirely discretionary, the Due Process Clause is brought into play. See Meachum v. Fano
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  49. on a hearing in order to argue that the decisionmaker should be lenient and depart from legal requirements. See Dixon v. Love
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Cleveland Bd. of Educ. v. Loudermill
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