Burch v. Rame’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill
Most-quoted passages
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“Although due process is not wooden, it is now fully accepted that a public employee is entitled to notice and an opportunity to be heard prior to termination. The hearing need not be a full evidentia-ry hearing; rather, due process is satisfied if there is some minimal pretermination hearing followed with a more expansive post-termination procedure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Duck v. Jacobs
How this case has been treated — in progress
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