VINYARD v. KING

No. 82-1521.

728 F.2d 428 (1984)

Edaleen VINYARD, Appellant, v. Robert J. KING, in his individual capacity and as Administrator of the Clinton Regional Hospital, EPH Monroe, Charles E. Engleman, Bud Miskel, Romney M. Chaffin, David Stratton, individually and in their official capacities as members of the Board of Directors of the Clinton Regional Hospital, State of Oklahoma, their servants, agents, representatives, assigns and successors, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Helm, Enid, Okl. (James Craig Dodd and Stephen Jones, Enid, Okl., with her on briefs), for appellant.

H. Leonard Court, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Gary L. Betow, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on brief), of Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellees.

Before McWILLIAMS, McKAY and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to decide whether the district court properly granted summary judgment on the issue of whether plaintiff, Edaleen Vinyard, had a property interest in her continued employment with a municipal hospital.

I. Background

Mrs. Vinyard was hired as the hospital's Director of Volunteer Services in 1972. She served in that capacity until 1978, when Robert J. King, the hospital's administrator, fired her for allegedly...

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