POLSON v. DAVIS

No. 87-1114.

895 F.2d 705 (1990)

Maureen POLSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerry DAVIS, in his individual and official capacity as an employee of the City of Kansas City, Kansas, and The City of Kansas City, Kansas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Crabtree, Overland Park, Kan., for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel B. Denk (Douglas M. Greenwald with him, on the brief) of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, Kansas City, Kan., for defendants-appellees.

Before LOGAN, ANDERSON, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we must decide whether Kansas courts would recognize certain causes of action plaintiff Maureen Polson asserts in connection with her discharge from employment, whether the district court erred in jury instructions, whether Title VII claims can be enforced through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and whether certain alleged misconduct at trial prejudiced plaintiff's § 1983 case which plaintiff lost before the jury. The facts of this...

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