preview

Kelley Vs Indep Case Study

Decent Essays

Kelley v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 12 was a 2003 wrongful termination case heard by the 10th circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. The issue at hand was if the plaintiff’s 14th amendment procedural due process rights had been violated when he was employment terminated by the defendant school district. The school district had relieved the plaintiff from his position as the school’s head football and wrestling coach after the plaintiff had been ejected from a football game he had been coaching. The plaintiff’s had argued that the school district had violated the coach’s constitutionally granted due process rights by not giving the coach 30-days notice of termination or a post-termination hearing to explain himself. The district court ultimately

Get Access