LACKS v. FERGUSON REORGANIZED SCHOOL DIST. R-2

No. 97-1859.

147 F.3d 718 (1998)

Cecilia LACKS, Appellee, v. FERGUSON REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Mickes, St. Louis, MO, argued (Lucy A. Singer and Richard H. Kuhlman, on the brief), for appellant.

Jeremiah A. Collins, Washington, DC, argued (Leon Dayan and Lisa S. Van Amburg, on the brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, and WOLLMAN and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

In this case Ferguson-Florissant Reorganized School District ("the school board") appeals the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Cecilia Lacks, on Lacks's claim under Missouri law that her termination by the board was not supported by substantial evidence. The school board also appeals a jury verdict in favor of Lacks on First Amendment and race discrimination claims. We reverse and remand for the...

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