SHAFFER v. SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DIST.

Docket No. 00-7187.

245 F.3d 41 (2001)

Sharon SHAFFER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Schenectady City School District Board of Education, Raymond C. Colucciello, Ph.D., individually and as Superintendent of the Schenectady City School District, Warren R. Snyder, individually and as President of the Schenectady City School District Board of Education, Ben Wiles, individually and as a member of the Schenectady City School District Board of Education, Fred Griesbach, individually and as a member of the Schenectady City School District Board of Education, Lawrence M. Murphy, individually and as a member of the Schenectady City School District Board of Education, Steve Russell, individually and as a member of the Schenectady City School District Board of Education, Armando G. Tebano, individually and as a member of the Schenectady City School District Board of Education, and Elizabeth Varno, individually and as a member of the Schenectady City School District Board of Education, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. August Term, 2000.

Questions Certified: April 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. John van Norden, Schenectady, NY, for Appellee.

Robert Herman (Francis J. Earley, of counsel), Plunkett & Jaffe, White Plains, NY, for Appellants.

Before: FEINBERG, WINTER, and LEVAL, Circuit Judges.


Questions Certified to the New York Court of Appeals: April 2, 2001.

LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Sharon Shaffer ("Shaffer"), a special education teacher who worked for the Schenectady City School District ("District") from 1994-1998, brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that the District has revoked her tenure in violation of, inter alia, the due process, takings, and obligation of contracts clauses of the United States...

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