United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant school board in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit by a former superintendent alleging violation of the due process clause is affirmed where plaintiff received the hearing specified in her contract, and the board, as a policy-making body, was entitled to act on their views on how the schools should be run.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/07/2006
• Decided 07/24/2006
• Published 07/24/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick F. Mastrian, III (argued), Brown, Tompkins & Lory, Indianapolis, IN, for, Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael D. Sears (argued), Singleton, Crist, Austgen & Sears, for Defendant-Appellee.