Hortonville Joint School District No. 1 et al. v. Hortonville Education Assn. et al.

Decided June 17, 1976. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 74-1606 · 426 U.S. 482 (1976) · Cited 493 times

Holding

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not guarantee respondent teachers that the decision to terminate their employment would be made or reviewed by a body other than the School Board.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
• Withrow v. Larkin · 421 U.S. 35 (1975)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
• In Re Murchison. · 349 U.S. 133 (1955)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute · 333 U.S. 683 (1948)
• Tumey v. Ohio · 273 U.S. 510 (1927)
• Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · 367 U.S. 886 (1961)
• Gibson v. Berryhill · 411 U.S. 564 (1973)
• United States v. Morgan · 313 U.S. 409 (1941)
• Ward v. Village of Monroeville · 409 U.S. 57 (1972)
• Mayberry v. Pennsylvania · 400 U.S. 455 (1971)
• Taylor v. Hayes · 418 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University · 360 U.S. 684 (1959)
• Groppi v. Wisconsin · 400 U.S. 505 (1971)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Marshall v. Jerrico, Inc. · 446 U.S. 238 (1980)
• Alabama v. Shelton · 535 U.S. 654 (2002)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Montana v. Egelhoff · 518 U.S. 37 (1996)
• Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1976). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).