BURTON v. CASCADE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNION HIGH SCHOOL NO. 5

Civ. No. 72-334.

353 F.Supp. 254 (1973)

Peggy BURTON, Plaintiff, v. CASCADE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNION HIGH SCHOOL NO. 5 et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

January 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere M. Webb, Charles F. Hinkle, ACLU of Oregon, Inc., Portland, Or., Clemens E. Ady, Salem, Or., for plaintiff.

Robert W. DeArmond, Salem, Or., for defendants.


OPINION

SOLOMON, District Judge:

Plaintiff was dismissed from her teaching position at Cascade High School because she is a homosexual. She seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case is before me on her motion for summary judgment.

Plaintiff began to teach in the Cascade High School on July 1, 1970. She was a full-time teacher during the 1970-1971 school year. In October, 1971, after she commenced her second year of teaching, the principal...

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