DAULTON v. AFFELDT

No. 81-1838.

678 F.2d 487 (1982)

Judy T. DAULTON, Appellee, v. Harley AFFELDT, Paul Apple, Glen Fleeman, Marvin Allen, Edwin Allman, William Schultz, Clyde McSwaim, DeWitt Rhodes, Carroll Thompson, Horacio P. Van Cleve, Selvey Johnson, R. D. Boyer, Thomas Robinson, Eunice Burge, Donald M. Hayes, Ned R. Smith, Grady P. Swisher, Defendants, and Board of Trustees of Forsyth Technical Institute, a public body corporate, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Lawing, Penni L. Pearson, Winston-Salem, N. C. (W. F. Maready, Petree, Stockton, Robinson, Vaughan, Glaze & Maready, Winston-Salem, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

Jim D. Cooley, William G. Pfefferkorn, Winston-Salem, N. C. (Pfefferkorn & Cooley, P. A., Winston-Salem, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and POTTER, District Judge.


K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Judy Daulton, a teacher at Forsyth Technical Institute, brought suit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the school, the Board of Trustees, and other officials, alleging that they had violated her constitutional rights when they refused to offer her a new contract for the 1976-77 school year. A jury found that the plaintiff's first amendment right to free speech had been violated, and the trial...

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