United States Tenth Circuit
BUTLER v. RIO RANCHO PUB. SCH. BD. OF EDUC., 02-2199
A board of education and school officials were entitled to qualified immunity in a former student's substantive due process claims, as suspension for bringing a weapon onto school property did not violate any right to a free public education.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/25/2003
- Published 08/25/2003
Judges
- BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge., Before EBEL, Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Julie K. Underwood and Thomas E.M. Hutton, National School Boards Association, Alexandria, Virginia, filed a brief on behalf of Amici Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Joan M. Waters, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Charlotte H. Hetherington (Andrew M. Sanchez with her on the briefs) of Cuddy, Kennedy, Hetherington, Albetta & Ives, LLP, Santa Fe, New Mexico, for Defendants-Appellants.