Susan Ulichny v. Merton Community School District, Mark Flynn, Timothy F. O'Neill

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• holding that a property interest in public employment requires a legitimate claim of entitlement to that position rooted in an independent source, such as contract or state law
• opining that school administrators should be supported, rather than second-guessed, in their “heroic efforts” to teach our nation’s young people
• finding evidence that puta- tive intervenor-objector “was put forward by his attorneys solely to enable them to collect fees in this action”
• finding no constructive discharge where although plaintiff’s duties were greatly reduced, she was not stripped of all her duties and her remaining assignments were not “totally unexpected” of teachers and administrators
• school administrator’s vague state ment that he had a “lack of trust” in plaintiff was not sufficiently stigmatizing
• “A right is not clearly established if officers of reasonable competence could disagree on the issue.”

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