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Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624 (1977)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624 (1977)
Codd v. Velger No. 75-812 Argued December 1, 1976 Decided February 22, 1977 429 U.S. 624
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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Respondent’s claim under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment that, before being dismissed from his nontenured position as a city policeman, he was entitled to a hearing due to the stigmatizing effect of certain information in his personnel file about a suicide attempt while he was a police trainee held to be defeated by the failure of respondent or the courts below to raise a question about the substantial accuracy of the report of the suicide attempt. Only if the employer is alleged to have created and disseminated a false and defamatory impression about the employee in connection with his termination, or a trial court so finds, is such a hearing required.
525 F.2d 334, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624 (1977) in 429 U.S. 624 Original Sources, accessed May 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NNIMB9PQ3FJRLFE.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624 (1977), in 429 U.S. 624, Original Sources. 19 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NNIMB9PQ3FJRLFE.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624 (1977). cited in 1977, 429 U.S. 624. Original Sources, retrieved 19 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NNIMB9PQ3FJRLFE.
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