Public employees are entitled to some form of hearing prior to termination for cause, overruling Arnett v. Kennedy. Decided March 19, 1985 (argued December 3, 1984). Opinion of the Court: Byron White → go there Dissenting: Rehnquist. Applied: the Fourteenth Amendment → go there Topic: Fourteenth Amendment rights. Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that:certain public-sector employees can have a property interest in their employment, per Constitutional Due Process. See Board of Regents v. Roth this property right entails a right to "some kind of hearing" before being terminated—a right to oral or written notice of charges against them, an explanation of the employer's evidence, and an opportunity to present their sides of the story. thus, the pretermination hearing should be an initial check against mistaken decisions—not a full evidentiary hearing, but essentially a determination of whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that the charges against the employee are true and support the proposed action. in this case, because the respondents alleged that they had no chance to respond, the District Court erred in dismissing for failure to state a claim. Wiki link