LEWIS v. HARRISON SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1

No. 85-2359.

805 F.2d 310 (1986)

Bill LEWIS, Ed.D., Appellant, Judy Lewis, v. HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1; Terry Humble, Superintendent of Schools, Harrison School District No. 1; Joe Bill Wilson, M.D., Tom Rogers, Cathy Brandt, Bobby Lowe, Robert Kent, D.D.S., Richard Hudson, James Harness, and Janet Clark, Individually and in their Official Capacities as Members of the Board of Education of the Harrison School District No. 1 of Boone County, Arkansas, and Roy Horne and Joyce Lindsey, Individually and as Members of the School Board of the Harrison School District No. 1, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip E. Kaplan, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

G. Ross Smith, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 8, 1987.

LAY, Chief Judge.

Bill Lewis brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that Harrison School District No. 1 and several of its officials fired him as principal of the Harrison High School in violation of his constitutional right to free speech. The jury found in Lewis' favor and awarded him back pay and compensatory damages. The district court1 set aside this verdict...

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