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United States Sixth Circuit


Smith v. Jefferson County School Bd. of Comm'rs, 066533

In claim by former principal and teachers alleging that closing of county's public alternative school and violated First Amendment Establishment Clause rights and Fourteenth Amendment rights, grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant county school board is reversed in part, affirmed in part, and remanded where: 1) there was genuine issue of material fact as to whether the Board violated the Establishment Clause; 2) the Board did not violate the teachers' procedural and substantive due-process rights; and 3) individual Board members are entitled to legislative immunity.

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  • Decided 11/24/2008
  • Published 11/24/2008

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  • United States Sixth Circuit

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