Barber v. Inhabitants of Town of Fairfield

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• holding removal \for cause after notice and hearing\ triggers due process protections
• remanding for furtber determination as to whether town officials created an objective expectation of reappointment based on \policy and practices\ with respect to police chief position, including past practice of affording a hearing in connection with non­ reappointment decisions
• where statute provides for removal of police officer for cause after notice and hearing, it limits the power to discharge and “create[s] a property interest in the plaintiff’s employment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).