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defendants). Petitioner and the district had an employment
contract under which petitioner was employed as superintendent of
the district. After his employment was terminated prematurely
under the contract, petitioner filed a complaint setting forth
three causes of action, alleging (1) the defendants deprived
petitioner of his property interest in a written employment
contract without due process in violation of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution; (2) the defendants
conspired to deprive petitioner of his federally protected right
to due process in violation of 42 U.S.C. secs. 1983, 1985, and
1986; and (3) the defendants breached petitioner’s employment
contract, causing a loss of salary and various benefits. The
complaint prayed for (1) lost wages, benefits, and compensatory
damages of $250,000; (2) punitive damages of $500,000; and (3)
costs and attorney’s fees. The complaint alleged that
petitioner’s contract had been breached, and his rights violated,
after a meeting of the school board on or about January 13, 1986.
Petitioner claimed that he had sustained a loss of salary and
benefits “in excess of $40,000 per year”, a loss of participation
in a retirement system, and a loss of living quarters. He also
claimed that the breach of the contract resulted in a loss of
continued employment beyond the term of the contract, causing
losses of future wages in the amount of $150,000. A copy of the
contract attached to the complaint stated that the contract’s
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