Gibson v. Grimm

How later courts describe this case

• refusing to hear challenge to election qualification statute on ground that no candidate had ever been disqualified thereunder
• noting in the context of an equal protection claim that "(a)lthough McDonnell dealt with questions of the order and nature of proof in actions under Title VII ... by analogy the principles there enunciated are applicable here."
• noting in the context of an equal protection claim that “[although McDonnell dealt with questions of the order and nature of proof in actions under Title VII ... by analogy the principles there enunciated are applicable here.”
• termination of untenured school principal in course of announcing charges of incompetence impaired his property interest in future government employment
• "(t) he Administrative Procedure Act does not require that every bit of background information used by an administrative agency be published for public comment"
• use of name other than that of actual person involved in transaction is ground for conviction
• no improper denial of right to comment on informal rulemaking when some 300 submissions reviewed after the close of the comment period were not crucial to the rules validity