United States Eighth Circuit

College's accusations against a former faculty member rose to the level of a violation of his liberty interests, and he had a right to a name-clearing hearing, thus the college was not entitled to qualified immunity on this due process claim in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action. College was entitled to qualified immunity on substantive due process claims, but not as to free speech and association claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/18/2003
• Published 06/18/2003

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• United States Eighth Circuit

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