Campbell v. Masur
Decision Date | 17 December 1973 |
Docket Number | No. 72-1837.,72-1837. |
Citation | 486 F.2d 554 |
Parties | Timothy CAMPBELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E. B. MASUR et al., Defendants-Appellees. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
John G. Abbott, Houston, Tex., Michael H. Gottesman, Washington, D. C., Larry Watts, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.
James P. Ryan, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendants-appellees.
Before JONES, GODBOLD and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.
The appellant, Timothy Campbell, brought an action in the District Court for the Southern District of Texas against "E. B. Masur, in his official capacity as former Superintendent of Mathis Independent School District; Antonio Rivera and V. M. Thyssen, in their official capacities as members of the Board of Trustees of Mathis Independent School District; Larry Stapp, Bennie Curtiss, L. C. Hennig, Joe Beard, and Wilson Rackley, in their official capacities as former members of the Board of Trustees of Mathis Independent School District; and Mathis Independent School District, a political subdivision of the State of Texas, and its officers, administrators, and successors in office."
The nature of Campbell's claim and references to the statutes which he asserted gave Federal jurisdiction over his claim are set forth in the first paragraph of his complaint, which reads as follows:
Campbell had been a teacher in a high school of the Mathis Independent School District. He was discharged by the board of trustees of the school district. He was subsequently given a hearing before the board at which Campbell and his counsel were present. At the conclusion of this hearing the board reaffirmed its prior decision. This action for damages and for declaratory relief followed with Campbell asserting that his discharge violated his First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights. The district court held that Campbell should recover the amount of his salary to the date of the board meeting at which he was present. He was denied any other relief.
On appeal Campbell states the issue presented to this Court in this language:
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