United States Eighth Circuit

In former college president's action against the college's Board of Trustees alleging violation of his state and federal statutory and constitutional rights, denial of defendant's motion for qualified immunity is affirmed where plaintiff's employment was terminated in an open session of the Board for alleged misconduct including dishonesty - an accepted stigmatizing charge - and thus, plaintiff sufficiently demonstrated a violation of his clearly established due process right to a post-termination name-clearing hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/03/2009
• Published 09/03/2009

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sherri L. Robinson, AAG, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Denise R. Hoggard, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.