BURTON v. CASCADE SCHOOL DIST UNION HIGH SCH. NO. 5

No. 73-1568.

512 F.2d 850 (1975)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Hinkle (argued), Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant.

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

Before LUMBARD, MERRILL and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by a non-tenured, homosexual schoolteacher from a district court order granting her damages and attorney fees for what was adjudged her wrongful dismissal, but refusing to reinstate her to her old position. We affirm.

Appellant Peggy Burton began to teach at Cascade High School in July 1970. She was in the second month of her second full year as a teacher of biology, earth sciences, ecology, consumer education...

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