Miskovsky v. World Publishing Co.

How later courts describe this case

• assurances by persons without authority to bind an employer do not create a property interest
• defamatory statement must occur "at or near the time of employee's termination since that is when the liberty interest arises, if at all."
• judge immune for inducing a citizen to swear out a warrant to arrest the plaintiff
• statements as to the plaintiff’s "failure to meet the level of management skill required to properly and efficiently administer the Department of Public Works” does not stigmatize
• “Rule 56 demands something more specific than the bald assertion of the general truth of a particular matter, [sic] rather it requires affidavits that cite specific concrete facts establishing the existence of the truth of the matter asserted.”
• dismissal of county superintendent for mismanagement does not impinge liberty interest
• charge of mismanagement by superintendent of public works not stigmatizing
• charges of mismanagement not stigmatizing