Stella C. Batagiannis v. West Lafayette Community School Corporation

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a contractual right can create a protectable property interest
• explaining that the First Amendment does “not relieve litigants of all costs arising from litigation—such as awards of attorneys' fees and sanctions for frivolous arguments”
• explaining that the First Amendment does “not relieve litigants of all costs arising from litigation—such as awards of attorneys' fees and sanctions for frivolous arguments”
• holding that a school board, which had decided to fire the plaintiff in 2002 and 2003, was not biased when it reviewed its decision in 2004, because the 2004 hearing was exactly what the plaintiff had agreed to in her collective bargaining agreement
• stating that there is no constitutional right to be free from defamation
• explaining how certain administrative authorities, like the FTC, may both take a stand about what the law requires by filing a complaint and also adjudicate that complaint

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