SANGUIGNI v. PITTSBURGH BD. OF PUBLIC EDUC.

No. 91-3491.

968 F.2d 393 (1992)

Phyllis J. SANGUIGNI, Appellant, v. PITTSBURGH BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, a municipal corporation and entity; William Fisher, individually and in his capacity as Principal of Taylor Allderdice High School; Richard Wallace, individually and in his capacity as Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools; Lee B. Nicklos, individually and in her capacity as Director of Personnel of the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education; Ann Bihary, individually and in her capacity as Vice Principal of Taylor Allderdice, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Olds (argued), Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

P. Daniel Altland (argued), Cleckner and Fearen, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees.

Before: STAPLETON, SCIRICA, and ALITO, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

Phyllis J. Sanguigni, a public high school teacher, filed this action against the school board and various school officials, alleging that she had lost her coaching positions and had been penalized in other ways for publishing certain statements in a faculty newsletter. She asserted First Amendment and due process claims, as well as pendent state claims. The district court dismissed her complaint for failure to...

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