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LEFFALL v. DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 93-1546.

28 F.3d 521 (1994)

Marsha LEFFALL, Individually and as the Surviving Parent of Dameon Steadham and/or Personal representative of the Estate of Dameon Steadham, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants, Dallas Independent School District and Napoleon B. Lewis, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joann N. Wilkins, Richard F. Werstein, Burford & Ryburn, Dallas, TX, for appellant.

Dennis J. Eichelbaum, Leonard J. Schwartz, Dallas, TX, for appellees.

Before KING and WIENER, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

KING, Circuit Judge:

Eighteen-year-old Dameon Steadham was killed by random gunfire in the parking lot of a public high school after a school dance. The principal question posed by this appeal is whether the decision of the public school district and the high school principal to sponsor the dance despite their knowledge of the danger of such an occurrence violated Steadham's constitutional rights.

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