Barrow v. Greenville Indep. Sch. Dist., 05-11151
Summary judgment to a school district on a teacher's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Title VII disparate impact claims is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly held that the superintendent of defendant-school district did not act as a policymaker for the district in refusing to recommend a teacher for promotion; and 2) the evidence supported a conclusion that superintendent did not recommend plaintiff because her children were not attending the public schools, not because her children were attending a religious school.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/26/2007
- Published 02/27/2007
Judges
- PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- William Charles Bundren (argued), Wm. Charles Bundren & Associates, Frisco, TX, for Barrow.
- For Appellees:
- Dennis J. Eichelbaum (argued), Janice Shelton Parker, Schwartz & Eichelbaum, Frisco, TX, Cobby A. Caputo, Schwartz & Eichelbaum, Austin, TX, Thomas Phillip Brandt, Fanning, Harper & Martinson, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.