The following excerpt is from Cain v. McQueen, 580 F.2d 1001 (9th Cir. 1978):
For the procedural rights of plaintiff under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to have been violated, she must have possessed a property interest as contemplated by the Fourteenth Amendment. Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 92 S.Ct. 2701, 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972). A teacher has a property interest in his or her job not only when he or she has formal tenure under an express provision of a statute or contract, but also when applicable rules or practices establish a "clearly implied promise of continued employment." Board of Regents v. Roth, id. at 576-77, 92 S.Ct. at 2709.
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