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SCHOOL BD. OF PORTSMOUTH v. COLANDER

Record No. 982466.

519 S.E.2d 374 (1999)

258 Va. 417

The SCHOOL BOARD OF the CITY OF PORTSMOUTH v. Latasha COLANDER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff W. Rosen (Lisa Ehrich; Adler, Rosen & Peters, on briefs), Virginia Beach, for appellant.

Lisa P. O'Donnell (David L. Nimmich; Shuttleworth, Ruloff & Giordano, on brief), Virginia Beach, for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia School Boards Association (Kathleen S. Mehfoud; Hazel & Thomas, Richmond, on brief), in support of appellant.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.

WHITING, Senior Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a high school student established a cause of action against a school board pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which states, in relevant part:

Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State ... subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights...

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