CARPENTER v. WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 93-1771.

44 F.3d 362 (1995)

Rose M. CARPENTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Rogers, Frank Gilstrap, Hill, Gilstrap, Moorhead, White, Bodoin & Webster, Arlington, TX, for appellant.

Roger D. Hepworth, Hensell, Ryan & Groce, Austin, TX, for appellee.

Before GARWOOD, JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Rose M. Carpenter (Carpenter) sued the Wichita Falls Independent School District (the School District) simultaneously in state and federal courts, complaining in the federal forum of a First Amendment violation, in the state forum of a breach of contract and a violation of her right to free speech under the Texas constitution. Asserting the existence of federal jurisdiction over the state-law claim, the School District timely...

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