Perry v. Sindermann

Perry v. Sindermann
Argued January 18, 1972
Decided June 29, 1972
Full case namePerry, et al. v. Sindermann
Citations408 U.S. 593 (more)
92 S. Ct. 2694; 33 L. Ed. 2d 570
Case history
PriorSindermann v. Perry, 430 F.2d 939 (5th Cir. 1970), cert. granted, 403 U.S. 917 (1971).
Holding
Lack of a contractual or tenure right to re-employment, taken alone, did not defeat respondent's claim that the nonrenewal of his contract violated his free speech right under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
MajorityStewart, joined by Burger, White, Blackmun, Rehnquist
ConcurrenceBurger
DissentBrennan, joined by Douglas
DissentMarshall
Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Perry v. Sindermann, 408 U.S. 593 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court decision affecting educational case law involving tenure and due process.


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