James E. Gilbert, President, East Stroudsburg University, et al. v. Richard Homar

Decided June 9, 1997. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 96-651 · 520 U.S. 924 (1997) · Cited 838 times

Holding

In the circumstances here, the State did not violate due process by failing to provide notice and a hearing before suspending a tenured public employee without pay.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Mallen · 486 U.S. 230 (1988)
• Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · 470 U.S. 532 (1985)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Parratt v. Taylor · 451 U.S. 527 (1981)
• Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. · 455 U.S. 422 (1982)
• Barry v. Barchi · 443 U.S. 55 (1979)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
• Daniels v. Williams · 474 U.S. 327 (1986)
• Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
• Zinermon v. Burch · 494 U.S. 113 (1990)
• Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · 367 U.S. 886 (1961)
• United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property · 510 U.S. 43 (1993)
• Codd v. Velger · 429 U.S. 624 (1977)
• Dixon v. Love · 431 U.S. 105 (1977)

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