JOHN DOE v. RAINS COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 94-41318, Summary Calendar.

76 F.3d 666 (1996)

JOHN DOE, as next friend of Sarah Doe, and Jane Doe, as next friend of Sarah Doe, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RAINS COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants, Rains County Independent School District, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Augustus William Arnold, III, Deborah B. Junek, Benton Jordan Barton, Gwinn & Roby, Dallas, TX, for John Doe, Jane Doe, as next friends of Sarah Doe.

Michelle Elaine Robberson, John L. Munn, Cooper & Aldous, Dallas, TX, for Rains County Independent School District, Dr. Guy Harrison, Individually and as Superintendent of Rains County Independent School District, Ginger Mabry, Arthur Talkington, Individually and as teachers of Rains County Independent School District, Bob Clopton, Individually and as a principal of a school of Rains County Independent School District.

David M. Feldman, Richard Alan Morris, Feldman & Associates, Houston, TX, for amici curiae Texas Association of School Boards, Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Council of School Attorneys.

Before JOLLY, JONES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal was filed by school district personnel sued because Coach Siepert carried on a sexual affair with a female high school student. This court has already dealt with the district court's denial of qualified immunity to a teacher involved in the tragic events. Doe v. Rains County Independent School District, 66 F.3d 1402 (5th Cir.1995). This related interlocutory appeal focuses on the district...

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