LANCASTER v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. NO. 5

Nos. 97-5063, 97-5208.

149 F.3d 1228 (1998)

Ron LANCASTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5, also known as Jenks Public Schools, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, separately and Kirby Lehman in his official capacity as superintendent and Terri Almon, Mark Sharp, Mike Baab and Ben Maples as members of the Jenks Public Schools Board of Education; Kirby Lehman, individually; Billie Mills, individually; Terri Almon, individually; Mark Sharp, individually; Mike Baab, individually; Ben Maples, individually and in their official capacities as members of the Jenks Public Schools Board of Education, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:*

Stephen L. Andrew and D. Kevin Ikenberry, Stephen L. Andrew & Associates, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

J. Douglas Mann and Jerry A. Richardson, Rosenstein, Fist & Ringold, Tulsa Oklahoma, and William S. Leach, Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before PORFILIO, McKAY and TACHA, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a violation of his rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments in connection with his suspension as head football coach of the Jenks High School football team and the subsequent nonrenewal of his coaching contract. On February 25, 1997, the Northern District of Oklahoma granted defendants' motion for summary judgment on all claims...

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