SOLIS v. RIO GRANDE CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

No. 82-2370.

734 F.2d 243 (1984)

Amanda SOLIS, Constancia Pena, Maria Enriqueta Garcia, and Maria Nela Sanchez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RIO GRANDE CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, a political subdivision of the State of Texas, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Reed, Rio Grande City, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Ramon Garcia, Edinburg, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BROWN, THORNBERRY and TATE, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Ever conscious of our role in the judicial system, this Court is particularly chary of disturbing a jury verdict rendered after a full trial. Nevertheless, after careful consideration of the arguments of the parties and the record, we conclude that certain errors below require that this appeal be remanded for a new trial. The jury answered the first question of the Mt. Healthy two-prong test in favor of the plaintiffs. That determination...

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