United States Third Circuit

A public employee terminated from employment because of an arrest, and then acquitted of the charges in a criminal trial, is not entitled to a name-clearing hearing under the Due Process Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/25/2005
• Published 03/25/2005

Judges

• Before ALITO, AMBRO, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elise M. Bruhl (Argued), City of Philadelphia, Law Department, One Parkway, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tshaka H. Lafayette (Argued), Lafayette & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.