United States Eighth Circuit

Failure to warn other school district of teacher's alleged, but unconfirmed, propensity to behave inappropriately with children neither shocked the conscience nor so directly caused the ultimate constitutional violation as to warrant Section 1983 liability.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/08/2001
• Published 05/08/2001

Judges

• McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frederic H. Kauffman, argued, Lincoln, NE (Susan K. Sapp, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dean J. Sitzmann, Lincoln, NE, for appellee.