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SIMS v. WALN

No. 75-1383.

536 F.2d 686 (1976)

Leatha Benita SIMS, by her next friend and mother, Linda Gail Sims, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William WALN and Max Launder, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde Ellis, American Civ. Liberties Union, Stanley K. Laughlin, Jr., Columbus, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Brown, Atty. Gen., Richard J. Dickinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for amicus curiae.

William H. Thornburgh, Dayton, Ohio, Alfred J. Weisbrod, Troy, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before CELEBREZZE, LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Leatha Benita Sims is a 16-year-old Negro, who in May 1973 was a student at Schaeffer Junior High School in Springfield, Ohio. Defendants William Waln and Max Launder were, respectively, principal and assistant principal of the school at that time.

This action arose out of an incident which occurred on May 14, 1973. On that date Miss Sims was ordered by her teacher to stay after school as punishment...

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