Horace Thomas Ludwig v. Board of Trustees of Ferris State University

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that the plaintiff was required to specifically request a name-clearing hearing where he raised both liberty and property deprivation claims
• concluding a letter accusing the defendants of denying the plaintiff due process of law did not adequately request a name-clearing hearing because it referred to his termination, not his alleged reputational harm
• explaining that in some circumstances, employees have a liberty interest in continued employment and that such an interest requires that the employee be given notice and an opportunity to be heard prior to termination
• affirming dismissal of plaintiff's liberty interest claim on the grounds that plaintiff's failure to request a name-clearing hearing was fatal to his claim
• concerning the termination of a non-tenured basketball coach‟s employment with university
• “A moral stigma such as immorality or dishonesty is required to show a deprivation of liberty.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).